Millwall have banned the Daily Mail from attending the club’s matches and press conferences for reporting how their fans loudly chanted ‘let him die’ while Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta was surrounded by paramedics and being fitted with an oxygen mask on the pitch at Selhurst Park.
Mateta required 25 stitches after the Championship side’s goalkeeper Liam Roberts hurtled into him at speed during Saturday’s controversial FA Cup clash in what has been widely described as a ‘karate kick’ head-high challenge.
Palace chairman Steve Parish said the X-rated tackle endangered Mateta’s life, and our coverage highlighted Roberts’ recklessness and the behaviour of Millwall fans in the away end who chose to mock the Palace player’s horrific injury.