Luis Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool and should never be allowed to play for them again, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said after the Uruguayan refused to shake Patrice Evra's hand on Saturday.

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The Premier League game at Old Trafford, which the hosts won 2-1 to go top of the table, was the first time the two players had met since Suarez was banned for eight matches for racially abusing the United defender in October's reverse fixture at Anfield.

Striker Suarez kept his eyes down when Evra offered his hand during the traditional pre-match handshakes and carried on walking when the Frenchman grabbed his arm to try again.

"He's a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club -- that player should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again," Ferguson told Sky Sports.

"The history that club's got and he does that -- a situation like today could have caused a riot. It was terrible what he did."

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, who earlier this week said he was sure Suarez would shake Evra's hand as both clubs sought to draw a line under the matter, said he had not seen the snub.

Wayne Rooney scored two goals in three minutes at the start of the second half to secure the points for United but Suarez, booed every time he touched the ball, still had more to add to the game when he snatched an 80th-minute consolation goal.

United defender Rio Ferdinand, whose brother Anton is at the centre of a separate racism row with Chelsea captain John Terry facing criminal charges over alleged remarks made to the Queens Park Rangers player, did not offer his hand to Suarez.

Asked whether Saturday's handshakes should have been scrapped for the same reason, Ferguson replied: "That's a different issue altogether.