Luis Suarez continues to succeed at making everyone really mad at him

Luis Suarez and Papakouli Diop got into a couple of different fights during and after Wednesday’s Copa del Rey match between Catalan rivals Barcelona and Espanyol. Diop was shown a red card for directing vulgar insults in Suarez’s direction, following an incident where Espanyol goalkeeper Pau Lopez stepped on Lionel Messi. After the game, Suarez reportedly shouted “I’m waiting for you, come here! You’re a waste of space!” at the Espanyol players in the tunnel. Coaches and security guards had to separate the two teams.

“[The press] have spent all week saying we are violent and this has had its effect,” said Diop after the game, referring to coverage of Espanyol’s 0-0 draw with the Blaugrana in La Liga. “[Barcelona’s players] are really good and if you cannot even touch them, they can do what they want. You cannot say we were violent. There wasn’t any blood -- if we had wanted to, the Barça players would have gone off on stretchers.”

We’re looking forward to the next UFC event in Catalonia.

Lorenzo Insigne’s finish of this great team goal. (r/soccer)

Philippe Coutinho is likely out for a month. (BBC)

And Jürgen Klopp doesn’t care much for Sam Allardyce’s opinion of Liverpool’s injury troubles. (ESPN FC)

FIFA officials are debating the implementation of video replay on Thursday. (AP)

Manchester United have recalled Adnan Januzaj. (@ManUtd)

It was reported on Wednesday that Didier Drogba is retiring. He disagrees. (@didierdrogba)

Columbus Crew manager Gregg Berhalter has signed a multi-year extension. (MLS)

AC Milan appear to be considering sacking Sinisa Mihajlovic. (Football Italia)

Steve Nash has convinced his buddy Alessandro Del Piero to become sporting director of Mallorca. (Mirror)

Mike Goodman on how Tottenham improved their defense without sacrificing attack. (ESPN FC)

Jonathan Wilson on Muhamed Besic, who’s finally reaching his potential at Everton. (Guardian)

Jonathan Tannenwald on the disastrous Peter Nowak era in Philadelphia. (Philly.com)

Silly season has returned. Please don’t take anything in this section too seriously.

Napoli have rejected a big bid by Swansea for Manolo Gabbiadini. (Guardian)

Sevilla are going after Brazilian center back Jemerson. (AS)

Real Madrid might go hard for Eden Hazard in the summer. (Marca)

Valencia are interested in Keisuke Honda. (Football Italia)

Arsenal are bidding big for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. (Telegraph)

Watford says Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney are not for sale. (Mirror)

Everton beat Manchester City in the first leg of their League Cup tie. (Royal Blue Mersey)

That testy Barca-Espanyol match was a 4-1 win for the Blaugrana. (Barca Blaugranes)