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Suarez embroiled in another biting controversy

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Infamous World Cup biter Luis Suarez has been embroiled in yet another biting controversy, this time surrounding his return to England.

Suarez was playing for Barcelona in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Manchester City when he was filmed in the background of play moving his head toward the arm of City defender Martin Demichelis.

While Twitter immediately went into overdrive with accusations he'd re-offended, a fresh angle of the incident has cleared Suarez of any wrongdoing.

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The footage shows Suarez did tilt his head toward Demichelis' outstretched arm, but then run forward without incident.

Suarez scored a double in the clash in what was his first match back in England since a big-money move last summer.

The Uruguayan, who moved to Barcelona from Liverpool, struck twice in the first-half to give his side the upper hand heading towards the second leg at the Nou Camp next month.

His career is littered with biting incidents, stemming from November 2010 when he bit Otman Bakkal's shoulder while playing for Ajax.

Whilst playing for Liverpool in 2013 he bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, but then saved his most infamous bite for Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay's final World Cup group game, last year.

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