“At least 70 racial slurs on my social accounts counted so far,” Rashford tweeted. “For those working to make me feel any worse than I already do, good luck trying.”
At least 70 racial slurs on my social accounts counted so far. For those working to make me feel any worse than I already do, good luck trying 👍![CDATA[]]>🏾
— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) May 26, 2021
United tweeted after the game players were subjected to “disgraceful racist abuse” and urged users to report any form of abuse or discrimination through their online reporting tool.
Following the #UEL final, our players were subjected to disgraceful racist abuse.
If you see any form of abuse or discrimination, 𝗮![CDATA[]]>𝗰![CDATA[]]>𝘁 and 𝗿![CDATA[]]>𝗲![CDATA[]]>𝗽![CDATA[]]>𝗼![CDATA[]]>𝗿![CDATA[]]>𝘁 it.#SeeRed #allredallequal
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 27, 2021
A host of players at Premier League clubs have been targeted in the past few months, including United’s Anthony Martial, Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, Liverpool’s Trent-Alexander Arnold and Sadio Mane, and Chelsea’s Reece James.