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Asamoah Gyan insists he has moved on from his World Cup heartbreak as he prepares to face the \u2018cheat\u2019 who almost caused him to quit football.<\/p>\n

Sunderland\u2019s record signing goes head-to-head with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez on Sunday in their first meeting since last summer\u2019s World Cup quarter final. Uruguay ace Suarez palmed away Dominic Adiyiah\u2019s last-gasp header on the line and although he was shown a straight red card, Ghanain ace Gyan missed the resulting spot kick.<\/p>\n

The striker redeemed himself by scoring in the subsequent penalty shoot-out but Uruguay triumphed from the spot, with Suarez now a hate figure in Ghana. But the Sunderland striker insists closing the gap on sixth-placed Liverpool provides his motivation for Sunday\u2019s Stadium of Light clash rather than any retribution for Suarez.<\/p>\n

Gyan told the Gazette: \u201cI know people will be focusing on what happened in the World Cup. But it\u2019s gone, and life goes on. \u201cIt\u2019s not about Uruguay and Ghana, it\u2019s about Liverpool and Sunderland. \u201cThey are a top side, and they have their confidence back after winning a couple of games. We also need wins so it\u2019s going to be an exciting game. \u201cSuarez is like a hero in his country because he took Uruguay to the semi-finals. \u201cIf I was him, I might have done the same thing even though he\u2019s a cheat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe referee did the right thing by sending him off and awarding a penalty. \u201cThe chance came and we blew it away.\u201d He added: \u201cThe penalty doesn\u2019t affect me now. What helped was I scored the second one. \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t scored that, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019d have done. I\u2019m always mentally strong, but if I hadn\u2019t scored that penalty, I\u2019d have quit football.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to do after missing the first one because my mind was out of the game. \u201cBut I was fine after the second one, and relieved.\u201d While Gyan has been forgiven in his homeland for costing Ghana the chance of becoming the first African World Cup semi-finalists, Suarez has not been so fortunate. \u201cI did excellently in the World Cup, and people were a bit disappointed with the penalty,\u201d added Gyan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d done everything for them, but then I missed that penalty. \u201cBut they do understand the game, and Suarez is the most hated person in Ghana now. \u201cI don\u2019t know whether he could ever go there. \u201cFans don\u2019t want their team to lose, and we lost because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Asamoah Gyan insists he has moved on from his World Cup heartbreak as he prepares to face the \u2018cheat\u2019 who almost caused him to quit football. Sunderland\u2019s record signing goes head-to-head with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez on Sunday in their first meeting since last summer\u2019s World Cup quarter final. 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