Luis Suárez has said that Roy Hodgson made him more determined to beat England when he denied the striker was worthy of being called a “world-class” player. Suárez ushered England towards the World Cup exit on Thursday night when he scored both goals in Uruguay’s 2-1 win in São Paulo.  Hodgson played a big part in firing Suárez up for the crunch Group D clash, it seems. After England’s defeat to Italy last Saturday, Hodgson declined an invitation to describe Suárez as a “world-class” forward who was in the same bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.  “He [Suárez] will only be at that level when he shows it on this particular stage [the World Cup],” Hodgson said. Those words, and the constant talk about Suárez’s knee injury, made the striker more determined to make a full recovery and defeat Hodgson’s side.  “It wasn’t revenge, but in England they talked about the injury and the coach had words that annoyed [me],” Suárez was quoted as saying on the Uruguayan website Tenfield.  Suárez’s place in Uruguay’s World Cup squad was thrown into doubt almost five weeks ago when he had to have surgery because of a knee injury. But after sitting out the 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica, Suárez returned to the starting XI for the England game, with deadly consequences for Hodgson’s side.  Suárez sneaked in behind Gary Cahill to score Uruguay’s first and the winning goal came after he capitalised on a mistake by Steven Gerrard, who accidentally flicked the ball straight into his Liverpool team-mate’s path.  Suárez celebrated his first goal by hugging the team physio ,Walter Ferreira, who he credits for helping him make a rapid recovery.  “My wife and my two children are important to me and Walter is also important, the goals were for him because of what he did for me,” Suárez said. “I have to thank him. I scored the goals, but he is the man responsible for them.”  Uruguay still face a tall order to qualify for the knockout stages because of their shock loss to Costa Rica last weekend.  Óscar Tabárez’s team face Italy in Natal next Tuesday and Suárez is targeting another three points. “This victory is very important, it is crucial,” Suárez said. “It was a difficult match against a difficult rival. England are a strong team. But we have not qualified, we have to keep our feet on the ground.”
Luis Suárez said his match-winning display against England was partly inspired by Roy Hodgson refusing to call him ‘world-class’