Six months ago, many believed, even hoped, that Luis Suárez had played his last game for Liverpool.
The Uruguayan's CV already included a racist charge for abusing Patrice Evra of Manchester United; to that he added cannibalism after biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during a game at Anfield last April.
During the summer Suárez did all he could to engineer a move to Real Madrid, and while Tottenham sold its prize asset, Gareth Bale, to the Spanish club for £80 million, Liverpool, which said its striker would not leave, was good to its word.