Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson can't believe Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has reopened the Patrice Evra race row.
Ferguson criticised Suarez for re-opening the controversy in an interview in Uruguay this week, and insisted that the Liverpool player was wrong to blame United for the punishment handed out by an independent regulatory commission.
The Old Trafford boss claimed that it was Liverpool's decision to call on a linguistics expert to try and explain Suarez's use of the word 'negro' towards Evra that proved their downfall.
"I've seen he's gone back and talked about it," said Ferguson. "It's not going to go away if Suarez keeps on making headlines out of it.
"I don't think that is anything to do with Manchester United. I think that was to do with Patrice Evra. But it wasn't Evra's contribution, it wasn't Suarez's contribution, it was the expert they called in to explain the cultural differences. He was the guy who killed Suarez."
Ferguson also refuted Suarez's claims that Evra was at fault for their failure to shake hands before the two teams met again at Old Trafford in February.
He told the Daily Mail: "The handshake was disappointing. He came out and said Evra's hand was low. There is no doubt Evra put his hand towards him. I think Evra expected him not to shake hands. Evra actually said that to the lads.
"He just felt that he wasn't going to shake his hand. He was sort of embarrassed to put his hand there.
"It's Suarez, he's the one who should be making the effort to do something about it."