The matches Luis Suarez will miss for Liverpool due to his ban

Uruguay star Luis Suarez has been hit with a global four-month ban for biting an opponent on Thursday as World Cup chiefs imposed the heaviest sanction against a player in the tournament's history.

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Luis Suarez was served a ban for four months from all football by FIFA after he was found guilty of biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in their final Group D match in Natal.

This comes not only as a big blow for Uruguay who can’t call him up for nine International matches, but also for his club Liverpool who will be missing a total of 13 matches for the English Premier side, including nine league matches.

The matches Luis Suarez will miss for Liverpool due to his ban:

Date	Match
16 August	Liverpool vs Southampton
23 August	Manchester City vs Liverpool
30 August	Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool
13 September	Liverpool vs Aston Villa
20 September	West Ham vs Liverpool
27 September	Liverpool vs Everton
4 October	Liverpool vs West Brom
18 October	QPR vs Liverpool
25 October	Liverpool vs Hull

This was not the first time Suarez was suspended for an action such as he was served a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in April 2013, during which Liverpool had won seven matches in all competitions, drawing drawn twice and lost once.

Apart from missing the domestic league matches, he will also have to sit out of Liverpool’s first three matches in the UEFA Champions League.

Fifa spokeswoman Delia Fischer made the announcement at a news briefing in Rio de Janeiro