Red devil can be Kenny’s Cantona

The multiple apologies issued by Liverpool FC employees on Sunday must have come as a relief to the majority of the club’s fans.

In the end, was saying sorry really so hard?

The reaction to Luis Suarez’s refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra was predictable, with the Sunday papers resembling a competition between correspondents to see who could condemn Suarez and Liverpool in the most strident terms. The Sunday Times probably took the honours by describing the “loathsome” Suarez as “South America’s greatest charmer since General Pinochet”.