Arsenal have launched an investigation into a social media post which appears to show Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly being racially abused during the Gunners’ Europa League win last night.
Unai Emery’s side took a healthy first leg lead in their quarter-final tie against the Serie A side courtesy of Aaron Ramsey’s 14th-minute strike and a Koulibaly own goal but the match was overshadowed by the latest allegation of discrimination which has blighted football this season.
The 15-second Snapchat video – which as of this morning had more than 77,000 views on Twitter – shows a fan inside the stadium filming the game and allegedly saying ‘Koulibaly is a f***ing n****r.
An Arsenal spokesman told Standard Sport: “We utterly condemn the use of any racist language and have launched an investigation to identify the culprit.
We operate a zero tolerance approach and anyone behaving like this is not welcome at Arsenal and will be banned from matches.
In Pictures | Arsenal vs Napoli, Europa League | 11/04/2019
We have an extremely diverse community of fans who are all part of the Arsenal family and such incidents are rare at Emirates Stadium. We encourage supporters to report any incidents as they happen to stewards or via our matchday alert service.”
