Man Utd Stars Condemn Racist Abuse Aimed at Paul Pogba

Manchester United stars Harry Maguire and Marcus Rashford have condemned the racist abuse aimed at team-mate Paul Pogba in the aftermath of the midfielder's missed penalty at Wolves on Monday night.

Pogba saw his 68th-minute spot-kick saved by Rui Patricio as United were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Molineux.

The midfielder was subsequently subjected to racial slurs on social media following the fixture, with United releasing a statement on Tuesday in which they said they were "disgusted" by the abuse aimed at Pogba.

And Maguire has now urged social media websites to do something to prevent this from regularly occurring, with Chelsea's Tammy Abraham recently subjected to similar vile abuse.

Maguire wrote on Twitter : "Disgusting. Social media need to do something about it... Every account that is opened should be verified by a passport/driving licence. Stop these pathetic trolls making numerous accounts to abuse people. @Twitter @ Instagram."

Forward Marcus Rashford added: "Enough now, this needs to stop @Twitter.

"Manchester United is a family. @paulpogba is a huge part of that family. You attack him you attack us all... @ManUtd"

Anti-discrimination campaign group Kick It Out echoed that view in its own statement.

"The latest round of fixtures has again seen unwarranted and vile racist abuse sent to players. This time, Reading's Yakou Meite and Manchester United's Paul Pogba," it said.

"The number of posts such as these since the start of the season further highlights how discriminatory abuse online is out of control.

"Without immediate and the strongest possible action these cowardly acts will continue to grow.

 "As always, we have contacted the respective clubs to offer support to those affected."

Chelsea striker Abraham received a number of racial taunts on Twitter following his penalty miss in the Super Cup loss to Liverpool last Wednesday.

That led to the social media platform being criticised by Kick It Out, declaring a "call to action" for what was being done to "tackle this insidious problem".

However, Twitter claimed that significant progress is being made when it comes to hateful conduct on the service.

Twitter insisted: "We continue to take action on any account that violates the Twitter Rules.

"We welcome people to freely express themselves on our service, however, as outlined in our Hateful Conduct Policy, users cannot promote violence against, threaten or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity or other protected groups.

"We remain deeply committed to improving the health of the conversation on the service and in that respect we continue to prioritise the safety of our users."

Harry Maguire

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Disgusting. Social media need to do something about it... Every account that is opened should be verified by a passport/driving licence. Stop these pathetic trolls making numerous accounts to abuse people. @Twitter @instagram https://twitter.com/skysportsnews/status/1163738648640184320 …

Sky Sports News

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BREAKING: Manchester United say they are 'disgusted' by the racial abuse aimed at Paul Pogba on social media after last night's draw at Wolves.

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Marcus Rashford

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Manchester United is a family. @paulpogba is a huge part of that family. You attack him you attack us all... @ManUtd https://twitter.com/MarcusRashford/status/1163744519206182913 …

Marcus Rashford

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Enough now, this needs to stop @Twitter https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1163738648640184320 …

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Chris Smalling

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Marcus Rashford

✔@MarcusRashford

Manchester United is a family. @paulpogba is a huge part of that family. You attack him you attack us all... @ManUtd https://twitter.com/MarcusRashford/status/1163744519206182913 …