QPR manager Neil Warnock has defended Liverpool striker Luis Suarez ahead of Saturday's league clash.
Rangers boss understands striker's frustration
Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock has defended Liverpool striker Luis Suarez following allegations he made an offensive gesture towards Fulham fans on Monday night.
The Uruguay forward has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for the alleged gesture he made to the crowd following the 1-0 defeat at Craven Cottage.
However, Suarez was on the receiving end of repeated chanting from the Fulham crowd and Warnock sympathises with the player.
"The FA should look into the chants by crowds and fine Premier League clubs if they give individual players so much abuse as they have done with Suarez," he said.
"If you're going to do the player, they should also look into where these chants come from and look at fining the people or clubs concerned.
"It's getting ridiculous now, there's nothing done about the chants that managers and players receive.
"I'd be tempted to do what Suarez did. If the FA don't take any action and then they get another Suarez situation, I'll understand why it's happened.
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"Fans can do anything they want and as soon as a player reacts, he gets into trouble. That's the standard I detest.
"It's all right saying it's too many people to arrest, but if clubs allow groups of people to say anything they want, the FA or Premier League should fine the clubs.
"We shouldn't tolerate it. If it was racial abuse there'd be uproar.
"I think it's just as bad when you're talking about someone's family. We shouldn't accept it."
Warnock takes his QPR side to Anfield on Saturday for a Premier League encounter between the two sides, with Rangers currently 12th in the table - seven points behind Liverpool.
