Roy Hodgson was asked in his pre-Aston Villa interview about Wilfried Zaha's brave and important step in highlighting the racist abuse he suffered on social media this morning.
The Palace manager supported Zaha's decision to go public and condemned the actions of the culprit: "I think it’s important [that players and football clubs continue to raise awareness of the abuse suffered]. I think it is being highlighted very much anyway with the black lives matter movement, and everyone seems to be making such an effort to eradicate this type of behaviour."
Hodgson went on to add: "It is very saddening on the day of a game that a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse.