Fred, Manchester United’s midfielder, rolls out a statements after being abused by racist fans during the derby match against City yesterday.
Man United’s win yesterday was one of the greatest in football history. But their success was blemished with the abuse of a racist fan, who threw an object at Fred and another City fan was caught making monkey faces at Jesse Lingard as well.
‘Unfortunately, we are still in a backward society. [It is a shame] we still have to live with that in 2019. On the field, I didn’t see anything. I saw it only in the locker room afterwards,’ Fred told.
‘The guys showed me. He even threw a lighter and it hit me. I try not to care about that. I try to look ahead.
‘Unfortunately, this is happening in some stadiums. It happened here, it happened in Ukraine with some friends. It’s sad, but we have to keep our heads up and forget about that. We can’t give them any attention because that’s all they want. I spoke to the referee after the match, they will do something about it and that’s all.
‘We are all the same regardless of skin color, hair and gender. We came from the same place and we all go to the same place when it’s all said and done. Thank God I have a lot of friends here in the locker room who hugged me, like Lingard. I don’t want to think about it. I just want to move on.’
This incident clearly brought Fred down.
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