Suarez Appears To Spit At Opposition Coach After Melee

Inter Miami guardant Luis Suarez appeared to spit astatine a personnel of nan Seattle Sounders' coaching unit pursuing his side's 3-0 Leagues Cup last defeat.

The incident happened soon aft nan full-time whistle, pursuing a melee involving some sets of players sparked by nan Uruguayan.

Suarez, 38, grabbed Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas astir nan neck, earlier team-mate Sergio Busquets struck nan Mexico world connected nan chin.

Moments later, Suarez was progressive successful an altercation pinch a Sounders unit personnel and was held backmost by team-mate Oscar Ustari earlier appearing to spit successful nan coach's direction.

Asked astir nan melee, Seattle leader Brian Schmetzer said: "Unfortunately, that is going to return immoderate of nan attraction distant from a awesome capacity by nan Seattle Sounders.

"Their players were disappointment and that led to immoderate things happening connected nan section that shouldn't hap connected nan field.

"I'm going to unopen that down, because that shouldn't beryllium nan story. The communicative of nan crippled is not what happened aft nan game."

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano said: "I person thing to opportunity because I was acold distant and didn't spot what happened.

"Nobody likes for location to beryllium these types of actions. Maybe location was provocation, but I don't cognize what happened."

Suarez has been progressive successful respective arguable incidents during his career.

In 2011 erstwhile astatine Liverpool, he was fixed an eight-match prohibition aft being recovered blameworthy of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.

He besides served bans for 3 abstracted biting incidents erstwhile playing for Ajax, Liverpool and Uruguay.

Osaze De Rosario, Alex Roldan and Paul Rothrock were connected target successful a ascendant capacity by nan Sounders astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle.