prompted the FA investigation . Suarez , who was publicly supported by his manager Kenny Dalglish and teammates , argued before the panel that the use of he word `` negro '' was not offensive . But the commission rejected his arguments in handing down their lengthy ban and a $ 62,000 fine . `` Mr Evra was a credible witness , '' read its report . `` He gave his evidence in a calm , composed and clear way . It was , for the most part , consistent , although both he and Mr Suarez were understandably unable to remember every detail of the exchanges between them . Blog : Out with the old and in with the new in 2012 `` Mr Suarez 's evidence was unreliable in relation to matters of critical importance . It was , in part , inconsistent with the contemporaneous evidence , especially the video footage , '' it added . However , the commission did not believe Suarez was `` racist '' but had used `` insulting '' words , which was the basis of the FA charge against him . `` We have found that charge proved on the evidence
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Liverpool 's Uruguay international striker Luis Suarez has been accused of giving `` unreliable '' and `` inconsistent '' evidence to the disciplinary panel which banned him for eight-games for alleged racial abuse of Manchester United 's Patrice Evra . The findings of the Independent Regulatory Commission were released late Saturday night on the official website of the English Football Association -LRB- FA -RRB- . The detailed 115-page ruling went over the circumstances of the clash between the pair in the match at Liverpool 's Anfield ground on October 15 . It concluded that Suarez had called Evra a `` negro '' no fewer than seven times during the course of the English Premier League match . The panel heard evidence from both players and also used linguistic experts to examine television footage of the game . Their investigations centered on an incident just before the hour mark after Suarez fouled the French international full-back . Dalglish defends t-shirts supporting Suarez At a subsequent Liverpool corner , Evra was marking the striker and they became involved in a fierce row . Evra made a complaint to referee Andre Mariner and again after the game , which