'It could have sparked a riot': Fergie furious after race row player refuses to shake his victim's hand and Ku Klux Klan masks given to fans

By IAN GALLAGHER

Tension: Uruguayan Suarez, left, avoids Evra's handshake offer as the racism row between the two sides refused to die down

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson called race-row Liverpool striker Luis Suarez a 'disgrace' yesterday after he refused to shake hands with one of his players.
Suarez came face-to-face with Patrice Evra at Old Trafford for the first time since his eight-match ban for racially abusing the United captain last October.
But instead of drawing a line under the row, Suarez pointedly bypassed Evra during the traditional pre-match handshakes in a snub Sir Alex said could have 'caused a riot'.

Reaction: Evra grabs Suarez's arm after his attempt to shake the striker's hand was refused

Looking as if he intended to confront Suarez, Evra found his path to the Uruguayan blocked by Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel.
It was the cue for five minutes of pushing and shoving in a melee in the players' tunnel involving several members of both teams that eventually had to be broken up by police.
Evra had also celebrated the win after the final in enthusiastic fashion with a dejected-looking Suarez metres away.
Evra's teammate Rio Ferdinand, who refused to shake Suarez's hand before kick-off, had his say on his colleague's exuberant celebrations in front of the Liverpool man on the final whistle.

Snub: Evra, who had previously stated he would have been willing to shake Suarez's hand, is given the cold shoulder by the Liverpool striker

Ferdinand, 33, tweeted this morning: 'I'm sure Patrice Evra will feel that his celebrations at the end were maybe a bit much....emotions etc probably got the better of him...'
Sir Alex, 70, described Suarez as a 'disgrace to Liverpool' and said he should not be allowed to play for the club again.
'I couldn't believe it. He could've started a riot,' he added.
After the handshake brush-off, Evra, 30, tried to pull Suarez back by grabbing his arm, but the striker shrugged him off.

Anger: Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United, walks off for half time during the match. He branded Suarez a 'disgrace'

Moving along the line of players, Suarez, 25, then came to the French defender's team-mate Rio Ferdinand. This time, he appeared happy to proffer his hand. But, clearly angry, Ferdinand kept his arms by his sides.
After the match, Sir Alex conceded that Evra's enthusiastic celebrations in front of Suarez after the final whistle were inappropriate. 'He shouldn't have done that,' he said. Shortly before kick-off, thousands of copies of a Manchester United fanzine were seized by police.

The edition of Red Issue included a spoof poster of a Ku Klux Klan hood along with the words 'LFC', shorthand for Liverpool Football Club, and 'Suarez is innocent'.
Match commander Chief Superintendent Mark Roberts said the fanzines were seized because 'we cannot be in a situation where hundreds or thousands of people were displaying offensive images'.