Arsenal condemn social media abuse aimed at journalist after club responded to him on Twitter, prompting vile “homophobic” and “anti-Semitic” abuse from Gunners supporters

ARSENAL have condemned social media abuse aimed at a journalist after the club responded to one of his posts on Twitter.

Adam Crafton, a Daily Mail sports reporter, wrote a combined XI piece which featured 11 Tottenham players and NONE from Arsenal ahead of Saturday’s North London derby.

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The Gunners went on to win the Premier League clash at the Emirates 2-0, thanks to first-half goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez.

Arsenal’s official Twitter account responded to the journalist’s post, linking to the original article, with a GIF of Mesut Ozil sipping a cup of tea and a wink face emoji after the win.

However, Crafton says the club’s actions have led to him receiving “anti-Semitic” and “homophobic” abuse from social media users.

Arsenal’s Twitter account has a whopping 12.3million followers, meaning his original article had the potential to reach a huge number of supporters.

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Following the Gunners’ reply, he tweeted: “I picked a team. Arsenal won. I look a bit silly. Congrats to Arsenal.

“But since they tweeted it to 12m people, I’ve had all-day harassment on here, including anti-Semitic, homophobic abuse & people wishing me dead.

“I can handle it but would not advise clubs repeat this.”

An Arsenal club spokesman said: “No offence was intended and we are disappointed that the journalist has been subject to abuse which we would condemn in the strongest terms.”