Manchester City winger, Raheem Sterling, has released a statement after he faced an alleged racist abuse from Chelsea fans on Saturday.
During the first half of Man City’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea on Saturday, Sterling went to collect the ball from the touchline but received abuse from several fans.
The incident was then highlighted on social media and went viral.
Sterling wrote in a post on Instagram, “Good morning, I just want to say, I am not normally the person to talk a lot but when I think I need my point to be heard, I will speak up.
“Regarding what was said at the Chelsea game as you can see by my reaction I just had to laugh because I don’t expect no better.
“For example you have two young players starting out there careers both play for the same team, both have done the right thing.
“Which is buy a new house for there mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get where they are, but look how the newspapers get their message across for the young black player and then for the young white payer.
“I think this in unacceptable both innocent have not done a thing wrong but just by the way it has been worded. This young black kid is looked at in a bad light.
“Which helps fuel racism an aggressive behaviour, so for all the news papers that don’t understand why people are racist in this day and age all I have to say is have a second thought about fair publicity an give all players an equal chance.”
