England footballer Tyrone Mings has accused the home secretary of pretending to be disgusted by racist abuse, after she previously described taking the knee as "gesture politics".
Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final.
Priti Patel said she was "disgusted" by the online abuse directed at the trio.
Mings said she had "stoked the fire" by refusing to criticise fans who booed the England team for taking the knee.
Ms Patel declined to comment on his tweet, but Downing Street said the home secretary was "working every day to clamp down on hate crime, racism and violence".