Palace鈥檚 Zaha suffers online racial abuse
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Crystal Palace鈥檚 Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse on social media and the forward shared screenshots ahead of yesterday鈥檚 English Premier League game at Aston Villa.
The Ivory Coast international tweeted images of the messages he received from an individual on Saturday, which included one of members of the white supremacist organization the Ku Klux Klan.
鈥淭his is an absolute disgrace and should not be happening. We stand with you, Wilf, and anyone else who has to suffer such horrific abuse,鈥 Palace said on Twitter.
Palace manager Roy Hodgson said the club was working to identify the culprit.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 important that it鈥檚 being highlighted and everyone seems to be making such an effort to eradicate this kind of behavior,鈥 Hodgson told Sky Sports. 鈥淭he club are doing everything they can to find out who this despicable person is. There鈥檚 literally no excuse, at all. It鈥檚 totally inexcusable.鈥
Aston Villa said it was working with the police and would issue a lifetime ban to the culprit.
Former Arsenal and Palace striker Ian Wright offered his support to Zaha.
鈥淧eople like to make these experiences seem like it鈥檚 not the norm for Black people. It鈥檚 always an outlier. 鈥楴ot one of us鈥. 鈥楴ot a real (insert club) fan鈥,鈥 Wright tweeted. 鈥淭hese are real people and daily experiences. Sooner we accept it the better we can deal with it.鈥
When the English top flight restarted after a three-month stoppage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all players had 鈥淏lack Lives Matter鈥 on their shirts instead of their names in the opening round of games.
Zaha and his Palace teammates took a knee to show their support for the BLM campaign before kickoff, a gesture that has been made by players at every game since the resumption. However, Palace lost the match 0-2, with Trezeguet scoring both goals for hosts Villa.
Earlier, Wolverhampton Wanderers boosted its hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 home win over Everton.
Victory lifted Nuno Espirito Santo鈥檚 side up to sixth in the EPL standings with 55 points 鈥 four points behind fourth-placed Leicester City, which was playing at Bournemouth later.
Everton remained in 11th place on 45 points, with Carlo Ancelotti鈥檚 dreams of European qualification fading with only three games left in the season.
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