Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham says his mother was reduced to tears by the racist abuse he received after the Uefa Super Cup final.
Abraham missed the decisive penalty in the shootout to give Liverpool victory in Istanbul last month and was then subjected to abuse on social media.
"I remember speaking to my mum, she was emotional, she was in tears," 21-year-old Abraham told CNN.
"For me, I am a strong character, it doesn't affect me as much, but it could affect people who don't have my personality.
"I was sat in the changing room straight after the game and went on my phone. I wasn't going to shy away from the situation, although I did have some supportive messages. The other side is not nice to hear.
"I went through a lot of emotion after the penalty miss. I had experience of taking penalties last season, big ones as well. Everyone misses penalties. To miss the penalty... I was devastated and I had a lot of abuse after."
fehbcmz
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it must have hurt seeing your mum tear up,so dry her tears by being the best you can be so she can forget about her tears and concentrate on how amazing her son can be 👍👍👍🤗🤗
Tlexmain
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May your mom's tears come back to hunt those idiots...!!
Specialonedxb
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Its a human nature that whenever they find your weakness they tend to use it in negative way. I would like to say that your reaction is kind of amusement for these stupid racists but I also understand that sometimes its difficult to just keep quite. But on other-sides i would say you guys play in top teams of Europe and are happy with your teammates and coaches and obviously make enough money that u can easily keep 100’s of these cheap racists as your servants so i would like to say why pay attention to them and give a stick to a blind man?!!!
vayeilnrtu
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Racist fans should be banned simple as that