Brendan Rodgers has said the FA “punished the man not the incident” with their 10 game ban of Luis Suarez.

Rodgers told LFC TV: "The punishment is against the man, rather than the incident.

"We have a punishment with no intention of helping [his] rehabilitation."

"We are shocked and bitterly disappointed," said Rodgers.

"It is the severity of the ban which has hurt most. That is something we are bitterly disappointed with.

"I can only compare [it] with similar incidents we have had. We have had two incidents of this type of scenario, both in 2006."

Rodgers was apparently referring to the failure to charge Jermain Defoe with any additional punishment following his bite on Javier Mascherano in 2006. Defoe was booked for the incident at the time, meaning he was not up for retrospective punishment.

Rodgers went on to say: "One player received no ban and continued to be chosen by the FA as part of the England squad.

Rodgers then complimented Suarez’s attitude and lamented the fact he doesn’t have more players of his mentality available for selection.

"If I had more players of a similar mentality we would be in a different position. He has not let me down one bit.

"The standard set by the club - he fell way below that at the weekend. But it does not mean he should be thrown to the garbage, which is what has happened over the last couple of days."