Bukayo Saka has been subjected to racist abuse after he missed the last penalty in England's heartbreaking Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy.

The 19-year-old Arsenal star came off the bench and took the fifth penalty during their shoot-out defeat to Italy.

Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Saka's effort, which proved to be the crucial moment as Italy were crowned European Champions.

Bukayo Saka has been subject to racist abuse following England's penalty defeat to Italy +5
Bukayo Saka has been subject to racist abuse following England's penalty defeat to Italy
Sadly, in the immediate aftermath to the game, Saka has suffered sickening racial abuse with several disgusting posts on his Instagram account.

The Arsenal star was targeted with racist language and emojis on the social media website, on his most recent post from the day before the final. One user told him 'get out of my country', while another said: 'Go back to Nigeria'.

Sportsmail has reached out to Instagram for comment.

The FA said it was 'appalled' by the abuse and would do everything possible to support players affected by racism.

'We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team,' said the FA in a statement.

Saka missed England's fifth and deciding penalty as Italy were crowned champions +5
Saka missed England's fifth and deciding penalty as Italy were crowned champions
'We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.

'We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.

'Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.'

The youngster has been one of the stars of the tournament for England, making four appearances and putting in some fantastic displays.


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How is that racist? He rejected Nigeria to play for England. Sounds like decent advice to me.