Manchester United Players Targeted With Racial Abuse by City Fans

Objects, including coins and lighters, were also thrown and Fred was seen holding his back.

“Unfortunately, this is happening in some stadiums,” Fred, a Brazilian midfielder, told ESPN. “It happened here, it happened in Ukraine with some friends. It’s sad, but we have to keep our heads up and forget about that. We can’t give them any attention because that’s all they want. I spoke to the referee after the match, they will do something about it and that’s all.”

United Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was angry amid the fallout from racism in a high-profile game.

“I’ve seen it on the video,” he said. “Fred and Jesse in the corner taking coins from the City fans first of all, so they’ve got to go away. And then there’s this not-so-intelligent fella chanting racist abuse towards my two players and I hope City and the authorities will deal with it, because he shouldn’t be watching football again. Not live, anyway.”

Manchester City said it was working with police to identify any perpetrators of racist abuse.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/sports/soccer/racist-abuse-manchester-derby.html?emc=rss&partner=rss