Zaha demands action over vile racist abuse he suffered after Man City win

Wilfried Zaha has demanded action after being barraged by horrific racist abuse after helping beat Manchester City.

Crystal Palace landed a famous win at the Etihad after beating the Premier League champions 2-0 with Zaha scoring early on.

But after the match, the Ivory Coast international suffered vile racist abuse and shared some of the disgusting messages with his 1.1million followers on Instagram.

Included are shocking calls to "die" and several messages calling Zaha a "n*****" and he has called on Instagram to do something about it.

The former Manchester United ace posted screenshots to his Instagram story, while writing: "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.

Wilfried Zaha was sent horrific abuse after starring against Manchester City

"I'm not here for all the nonsense that is being done instead of fixing the actual problem!

"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 problems.

"But it's fine because I'll always be BLACK AND PROUD!

"Speak to me when you actually take this issue seriously."

Zaha has been the victim of racist abuse throughout his time in the Premier League when last year a 12-year-old boy was arrested for messages sent to the forward.

An 18-year-old was handed a probation sentence earlier this year after sending abhorrent racist abuse to Ian Wright after losing a match on FIFA.

Zaha has demanded action after being barraged by horrific racist abuse

While after the Euro 2020 final penalty shootout, England internationals Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were sent a torrent of sickening messages - with 11 arrests coming as a result.

In 2018, the Zaha revealed he had been abused during a match against Arsenal while earlier this year he said he would no longer take the knee before kick-off because it was "degrading".

Speaking at the time he said: "Growing up, my parents let me know I should be proud to be black. We should stand tall.

"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."

Zaha was very much in the thick of it at the Etihad on Saturday as Palace earned victory through his goal.

Crystal Palace beat City after Zaha scored in a 2-0 victory ( Image:

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After netting in the opening exchanges of the match, he became the first Eagles player to score 50 goals in the Premier League.

An incident before half-time saw Aymeric Laporte sent off after hauling Zaha to the ground as the last man.

There was a heated incident after the whistle when Gabriel Jesus confronted the Ivorian, which needed the referee and both sets of teammates to pull them apart.