He said that he was reasonably close to the referee and after he had shown Mr Evra the yellow card, Mr Giggs approached the referee and asked him why he had booked Mr Evra. The referee said to Mr Giggs "just calm Patrice down". Mr Giggs then moved away from the referee and towards Mr Evra.
It was obvious to Mr Giggs from looking at Mr Evra that he was upset. He said that Mr Evra did not seem quite with it, you might call it red mist. Mr Giggs said to Mr Evra "what's happened? Mr Evra replied "he called me black". Mr Giggs said to Mr Evra "did the ref hear it? Mr Giggs then told Mr Evra to calm down and not get himself sent off. He said that after the goal-kick he was close to Mr Evra and said "Come on, let's move on, let's keep going with the game" and touched Mr Evra just on the arm.
According to Mr Kuyt, Mr Evra reacted aggressively and smashed his arm away and at that point, the referee having seen the incident, called Mr Evra to him and booked him.
Mr Kuyt said that he was very close to Mr Evra and the referee at this time. He said he was "absolutely certain" that he heard Mr Evra say that the referee was only booking him because he was black. We found the evidence of Mr Marriner on this point to be credible and plausible.
He recalled Mr Evra telling him that he was being called black. This is consistent with Mr Evra's evidence of what he told Mr Marriner at that time, and also with Mr Giggs' evidence of what Mr Evra said to him shortly afterwards. In light of this we reject Mr Kuyt's evidence that Mr Evra said that the referee was only booking him because he was black, however certain Mr Kuyt was that he heard it.
Moreover, it would make no sense in the circumstances for Mr Evra to accuse the referee of only booking him because he was black. Mr Evra's comments to his team-mates. We received evidence from four of Mr Evra's team-mates about what happened immediately after the game.
Their evidence was given in the form of written witness statements. We proceeded, therefore, on the basis that the evidence contained in those witness statements is true and sets out what did, in fact, happen immediately after the game.
As the players went into the dressing room at the end of the game, Mr Evra was really angry and upset. Valencia said he could see it. He explained that Mr Evra is not normally angry after games. Mr Evra was speaking a mix of Spanish and Portuguese. All the Spanish and Portuguese players at Manchester United speak to each other like this so that they can all understand and talk to each other.
I think the words Evra used were words similar to "Negro, no hablas conmigo". He said this: "Although I was stood with the medical staff, I could clearly hear Evra as he was speaking loudly. Nani said that he always sits close to Mr Evra in the dressing room and at the end of the game when he came into the dressing room, Mr Evra was upset. Evra said something like, "This is a joke. How is it possible that the referee does nothing when he knows what happened?
Anderson said that Mr Evra was really angry in the dressing room after the match. I think he used words similar to "no hablo con negro".
Mr Evra said in evidence that some of the other players could see that he was upset and asked him what was wrong. Valencia and Anderson told Mr Evra that he must tell the manager and go and see the referee because this was serious. Sir Alex Ferguson and Mr Evra speak to the referee. Sir Alex Ferguson provided a witness statement.
Sir Alex was shocked and asked Mr Evra what he wanted to do about it. Sir Alex told him that he should report it to the referee and asked Mr Evra if he wanted to do that. Sir Alex and Mr Evra went to the referee's room. Sir Alex went in first, followed by Mr Evra. Sir Alex told Mr Marriner that they had a complaint to make. Sir Alex told him "Evra has been called a nigger by one of the Liverpool players. The referee told Phil Dowd, the fourth official who was also in the room, to take notes of what was said.
Mr Evra then told the referee what had been said to him on the pitch and left the room. The referee told Sir Alex that he the referee would need to speak to Liverpool officials about the complaint.
According to Mr Evra, the referee said to him "Oh, that is why you were talking about being called black", referring back to what Mr Evra had said to the referee on the pitch. Mr Evra said "Yes. He said that Sir Alex told him that he wished to register a formal complaint about a comment that was made to Mr Evra by a Liverpool player.
Sir Alex asked Mr Marriner to write down what they were about to say. From BBC Sport. Suarez has been supported by his club in his denying the charge. I know first-hand how Kick It Out can help. I think they do great work on and off the field. Moreover, they have asked the FA why charges against the Frenchman haven't followed his testimony in the case, which the club claim included Evra admitting to "insulting Luis Suarez in Spanish in the most objectionable of terms.
Liverpool feel The FA reached a verdict on Suarez before hearing his version of events, and thus deemed him guilty right from the start.
As the Daily Mail points out, however, this angle of attack is perhaps "overlooking the fact that it was an independent commission" who reached a verdict, and not football's governing body at all. Suarez and Evra were on opposite sides at Old Trafford, on October 15th.
The pair clashed after Suarez fouled Evra in the second half, and in the aftermath Evra alleged Suarez insulted him with a racial slur. According to the Mail version of events , the word in question was "negro.
I said nothing of the sort. I did not insult him. It was just a way of expressing myself. I called him something his team-mates at Manchester call him, and even they were surprised by his reaction. Liverpool said after the charge: "Luis remains determined to clear his name of the allegation made against him by Patrice Evra.
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