West Bromwich Albion boss Steve Clarke today claimed the 10-match ban imposed on Luis Suarez for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic was too severe.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers yesterday accused FA of punishing "the man rather than the incident" and bizarrely claimed Prime Minister David Cameron had prejudiced the case by commenting.
The Reds had until noon today to appeal against the length of the ban and Clarke said: "There is no place for it (biting) in the game and he has been punished, rightly.
"But in my opinion the punishment is a little bit severe. I think it would be nice to get an explanation of how they got to 10 games.
"How did the independent panel come up with this figure of 10? That's worth an explanation so everybody knows guidelines going forward. There was a similar incident seven years ago (with Jermain Defoe) that was dealt with by a yellow card, yet seven years later it's a 10-game suspension. "
Rodgers said of the PM: "There's no doubt that if you have those high-profile figures making those sorts of statements there will be a bias."
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