"Suarez has that aura about him that says, 'I'm untouchable', and his manner and behaviour made me want to knock him out," Williams continues.
"I'd go as far as to say that the manner in which he approached the game, with utter contempt for us all, means that he's streets ahead of any player I've truly disliked since I've been in the Premier League.
A later entry in the book focuses on the return fixture in May which Swansea won 1-0 and marked Rodgers' last game as manager and notable because the Anfield faithful clapped the players in white off.
"They won a corner, and I appealed to the ref to say that it had come off him last. He said something to me with a bit of a snarl, so I just told him to shut his mouth," Williams remembers.
"Now, obviously, diving has crept into the game more and more in recent years and, as a defender, you have to be aware of it.
"But even the players you know that like a dive at least wait until there is some sort of challenge or contact. Not Suarez.
"A couple of times I'd hear the scream, see him writhing on the floor and for the life of me couldn't see where the contact could have been.
"Even [referee] Phil Dowd had enough of him and said, 'You're doing too much, Luis' at one point.
"The sad thing is that he's a brilliant player and I rate him very highly, but he just possesses this temperament that I can't stand to see in a fellow footballer.
"Having played against him twice now I just have to say that I don't like the bloke. Basically I have no time for the guy at all."
The book, which was signed off by Rodgers during his stewardship at Swansea, was released on Tuesday.
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