Less than a week after Luis Suarez got hit with an eight-game ban over the Patrice Evra affair and three days after Liverpool announced they won't be appealing his punishment, the club and Merseyside police are investigating whether Tom Adeyemi, an Oldham Athletic midfielder, was racially abused by one or more supporters at Anfield during Friday's 5-1 FA Cup win.
Further evidence that timing matters. And that some in the media and elsewhere have serious issues when it comes to distinguishing between racism and racial abuse, as well as realising the difference between a club, a fanbase and individuals in a crowd.
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