Liverpool's Luis Suarez is seen during his team's 2-2 draw against Chelsea in their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 21, 2013. Suarez appeared to bite the arm of Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic at the end of a tussle during the game. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool's Luis Suarez is seen during his team's 2-2 draw against Chelsea in their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 21, 2013. Suarez appeared to bite the arm of Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic at the end of a tussle during the game. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool's Luis Suarez is seen during his team's 2-2 draw against Chelsea in their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 21, 2013. Suarez appeared to bite the arm of Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic at the end of a tussle during the game. (AP Photo/PA, Peter Byrne) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic applauds supporters after his team's 2-2 draw against Liverpool during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday April 21, 2013. Luis Suarez scored a last-minute equalizer for Liverpool in a 2-2 draw, having earlier appeared to bite Branislav Ivanovic's arm in a second-half incident at Anfield. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
LONDON (AP) ? Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned for 10 matches by the English Football Association for biting an opponent during a Premier League match.
Unless he wins an appeal, that rules him out for the rest of the season. Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre says Suarez and the club were "shocked and disappointed" at the punishment.
The FA says in a statement Wednesday that a three-man independent panel ruled that the regular suspension of three games for violent conduct was "clearly insufficient."
Suarez bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic on the upper right arm during the 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday. He wasn't sent off because the referee didn't see it.
Suarez has until Friday to appeal the seven games added to his sanction.
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