Despite the continued protestations of Liverpool fans on this site and elsewhere, two voices have popped up in the aftermath of Saturday’s events in the never-ending Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra saga that the powers at be on the red side of Merseyside should really listen to.

On Match of the Day on Saturday night, there was extensive analysis of the “non-handshake” with many waiting with bated breath to hear what Alan Hansen, the former Liverpool legend and great mate of Kenny Dalglish, had to say.

Hansen pulled no punches and whilst he refrained from saying much about King Kenny, he did though heavily criticise the Uruguayan striker: “The rhetoric from both clubs before the game was restraint. Liverpool said there would be a handshake, so for Suarez to snub Evra is totally unacceptable. Liverpool have given Suarez total support through thick and thin and I think he’s let Kenny down, he’s let the club down and he’s let himself down.”

Match of the Day analysis of the Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra non handshake can be seen here.

In a sign of how far reaching the unsavoury incidents on Saturday have gone, even the New York Times have called on Liverpool’s American owners to “get hold of Liverpool… and repair its global image fast.”

The “newspaper of record,” arguably the most famous in the world, adds: “It is time for John Henry and Tom Werner, leaders of the Fenway Group that controls Liverpool, to state clearly the direction the team will take on this issue.”