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Luis Suarez has accused sections of the English media of not showing him respect.

Speaking ahead of Uruguay’s crunch clash with Italy today, the Liverpool FC striker insisted he had no regrets about his post-match comments following the 2-1 victory over England.

Suarez had said his two-goal heroics against Roy Hodgson’s side was all the sweeter after “too many people in England laughed about my attitude”.

Asked to explain his comments, Suarez said: “You work in England, and that was in the papers. You should know what happened and I think it was nothing more than just in the papers.

“Everybody knows that I was elected the best player of the year. Even the people in the Premier League voted for me and then, if the papers vote for me as well, that is sensational.

“But what happened before the match – I did not want to attack anybody, only some media started making fun of me and you are in the media. You are in the media, you should know what happened and why they did that to me.”

Suarez is on a mission to torment Italy’s “tired” backline and fire Uruguay into the last 16 of the World Cup.

The Liverpool striker, who stunned England with a classy double on his return from injury last week, is ready to take on the Azzurri in Natal today.

Italy were beaten 1-0 by Costa Rica on Friday and Suarez believes fatigue could be a factor when the nations meet. “Italy are bound to be tired due to the great heat they have played in and hopefully we can make the most of this,” he said. “We want to take advantage of the spaces that they could leave us.” When they have the ball we know that Italy are one of the best around. They are strong in the middle of the park, but I think they have defensive shortcomings.

“We have players who have been playing in Italy, and they have said that we can punish them.”

Coach Oscar Taberez said: “I have a group who are used to resisting pressure and who react to it in a good way.

“The pressure was worse against England.

“They’ve (Italy) been world champions four times and we have a lot of respect for them.

“It will be a tough challenge for us but I believe we’ll have our chances.”

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