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Wilfried Zaha called on authorities to take racism seriously after he was sent racist abuse following Crystal Palace’s win over Manchester City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 28-year-old posted a series of racist messages he had received on Instagram on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Palace forward said he wanted action over the issue rather than sympathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’m not here for all the nonsense that is being done instead of fixing the actual problem!” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zaha became the first player to score 50 top-flight goals for Crystal Palace on Saturday as they shocked 10-man City with a 2-0 defeat at Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
City’s Aymeric Laporte was sent off by referee Andre Marriner in first-half stoppage time when he committed a professional foul by bringing down Zaha 35 yards from the City goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This message isn’t for me to get a million messages saying we stand with you and it’s disgusting or about me getting sympathy,” Zaha wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I don’t mind abuse because nowadays it comes with doing the job I do even though it’s not an excuse but my colour will always be the real problem, it’s fine because I’ll always be BLACK AND PROUD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Speak to me when you actually take this issue serious.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February Zaha said he would stop taking the knee before games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said players “should stand tall” and that in his view taking the knee is “degrading”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the time he said: “Growing up, my parents let me know I should be proud to be black. We should stand tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“With taking a knee, sometimes people forget we have to do it. It is becoming something we just do. That is not enough for me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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