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Liverpool legend Carra: Suarez joins Schumacher as part of World Cup infamy

Jamie Carragher says his former Liverpool teammate Luis Suarez will go down as one of the World Cup's greatest villains. Carra rates Suarez's biting incident alongside West Germany goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's infamous professional foul on France midfielder Patrick Battiston in 1982.

He wrote in the Daily Mail: "He will be remembered for ever but that is no compliment. The 2014 World Cup will be associated with Luis Suarez in the same way Spain 1982 is synonymous with Harald Schumacher.

"I hardly saw the West Germany goalkeeper play but mention his name and I know immediately he was responsible for the outrageous collision in the semi-final that left France midfielder Patrick Battiston unconscious.

"It was one of the most shocking incidents in World Cup history but, unfortunately, Suarez has put himself in that bracket after biting Giorgio Chiellini. Rather than being regarded as one of the finest forwards in the game, he's now simply known as the one who bites people."

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