Blackburn manager John Eustace said his team’s player Owen Beck “has a big bite mark down his neck”, adding: “It’s a shame the referee didn’t see that.”
The last minutes of the match, which ended in a goalless draw, witnessed tense events, as the loanee Beck was sent off. Liverpool After he ‘kicked’ Preston’s Dwayne Holmes.
Beck then explained to the referee that he had been bitten by Milutin Osmajic, who received a yellow card.
Indeed, the TV replay showed Osmajic biting Beck.
The incident brought to mind the bite of the Liverpool striker. Luis Suarez Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, in a Premier League match in 2013.
After the “famous bite”, Suarez was suspended for 10 matches.
