Wilfried Zaha accuses Manchester United and Liverpool fans of calling him a ‘black monkey’ in racism storm

WILFRIED ZAHA has accused Manchester United and Liverpool fans of racially abusing him by labelling him a ‘black monkey’.

Crystal Palace star Zaha says supporters of both clubs have been sending racist messages on social media.

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He exposed the vile taunts in a social media post of his own – claiming they make no difference to him.

But the fact Zaha was forced to make a public statement at all highlights the kind of abusive behaviour football stars have to put up with on social media.

Zaha says followers of Liverpool and United, who he spent a year playing for, have been posting the abusive messages.

After helping Palace to a 4-0 win over West Brom in the Premier League Asia Trophy in Hong Kong, he decided to expose the sick trolls.

Zaha wrote on an Instagram story: “If Man United and Liverpool fans feel better by calling me a black monkey in my messages…. feel free to carry on if it makes your day better.”

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Crystal Palace boss Frank de Boer expressed that he was unhappy with the treatment towards Wilfried Zaha during his side’s Premier League Asia Trophy clash with West Brom.

‘If you want to sell the product of the Premier League and the beauty of the game, the beauty is not those kind of challenges,’ said De Boer.

‘Of course when it’s a fair challenge it’s no problem, but for example they were really looking for Wilfried Zaha so we cannot accept that. He is one of the most exciting players in the Premier League and I don’t want to think about him being out for a couple of weeks or months.’

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Bakary Sako celebrates with Wilfried Zaha after his shot was deflected in the goal to put Crystal Palace 2-0 ahead during the Premier League Asia Trophy[/caption]

‘The first challenge on him should have been a yellow card and then the player knows that he cannot do another one, but instead you give him the permit to do another challenge. I have to give Wilf a compliment because he stayed calm, spoke with his feet and made a big step forward.’

‘Because of his speed, quality and technique sometimes he will get past two or three players and he is so fast he will get fouled a lot. If the referee looks back then he could have had two or three more fouls in his favour.’