Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli was the
victim of racial abuse on Twitter yesterday following
his reaction to Manchester United's shock defeat to
Leicester.

Balotelli, part of the Reds side which lost 3-1 at West
Ham on Saturday, tweeted: "Man Utd...LOL" in
response to United's 5-3 loss at the King Power
Stadium.
Racist messages His tweet was met by a string of racist
messages, including one from an account called
@CraigSainsbury which read: "F*** you Mario you
f****** n*****. Got eat some bananas and get ebola
you dirty monkey."

The account from which the tweet was sent
subsequently appeared to have been closed. Balotelli
has been singled out for racist abuse in the past.
He was heckled by Italy supporters during a pre-
World Cup training camp in May and was on the
receiving end of numerous instances of racist abuse
during his time at Inter Milan and, more recently, AC
Milan.

Balotelli spoke about the abuse directed at him in an
interview with GQ magazine in July. "They aren't used
to seeing people who are different, not white, who act
not as rebels but normally," he said.

"I think what the ignorant people don't like is that
people who are different are allowed to act that way,"
he added.

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