Leicester City have reported alleged racist abuse of 22-year-old midfielder Hamza Choudhury to the police following their Premier League clash with Liverpool on Saturday.
Choudhury, who is of mixed Bengali and Caribbean descent, was targeted for abuse on social media after a rough challenge on Liverpool star Mohamed Salah.
A Leicester spokesman said: “We are appalled by these comments, which the club has reported to the police and to the social media platform on which they were made.
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“Discriminatory behaviour has no place in football or in society and we will seek the strongest possible course of action to be taken against those responsible.