Luis Suarez tells United fans their abuse will 'spur me on'

Liverpool's striker Luis Suárez insists that any abuse regarding Patrice Evra race row on their toxic clash with Manchester United this weekend will simply "spur me on" and says Patrice Evra race row "should have stayed on the pitch".

The Liverpool striker, whose appearance against Tottenham Hotspur on Monday was his first since completing the eight-match ban the Uruguayan received after being found guilty of racially abusing United's Patrice Evra in October, said he fully expected a "tense" atmosphere at Old Trafford.

In an interview with Uruguay's Radio Sport 890 he said: "I was not depressed at all [during suspension. I knew what I did and there is a kind of football law that says 'what happens on the pitch, stays on the pitch and that's the end of the story'."

"I know against Manchester United it is going to be tense because I'm going to face Evra. But I'm used to having fans whistle at me.

"I hope nothing unusual happens. I'll have to forget what happened for that moment.

"I do know United fans are going to try to make me feel uncomfortable. But I have to tell them – they are going to spur me on if they whistle at me."