Luis Suarez is at the center of fresh controversy after he was caught on video spitting at a Seattle Sounders coach after Inter Miami’s loss in the Leagues Cup final.
The striker’s infamous temper boiled over after his team’s 3-0 defeat in the final on Sunday night – with the wild scenes overshadowing the Sounders’ historic win.
Footage shows Suarez confronting a Sounders staff member near the middle of the pitch as tensions flared between both sides after the final whistle.
The 38-year-old got in the coach’s face before appearing to spit at him, seemingly hitting him on the face as Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari tried to intervene.
Moments earlier, players from both teams were seen grabbing each other by the neck and swinging punches as tempers erupted after the full-time whistle.
Former Liverpool and Barcelona striker Suarez has a past littered with controversy on the pitch, including multiple incidents that made global headlines.
Luis Suarez was caught on video spitting at a Seattle Sounders coach after Inter Miami’s loss
Suarez confronted the Sounders coach as a brawl erupted on the field at the full-time whistle
He was banned for eight matches and fined by the English FA in 2011 for making racist remarks toward Manchester United’s Patrice Evra.
Suarez later refused to shake Evra’s hand in a highly charged Premier League meeting.
During the 2014 World Cup, he was suspended for four months after biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini – the third biting incident of his career.
He had previously bitten Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic while playing for Liverpool and Otman Bakkal during his time at Ajax.
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