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Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said he had received "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following Wednesday's Europa League final loss to Villarreal.

United later tweeted to say their players had been subjected to "disgraceful racist abuse".

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side lost 11-10 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

"At least 70 racial slurs on my social accounts counted so far," Rashford wrote on Twitter.

"For those working to make me feel any worse than I already do, good luck trying."

Rashford has spoken previously about racial abuse he has received.

In January, the England international said he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse following a 0-0 draw with Arsenal.

"I'm a black man and I live every day proud that I am," he wrote on Twitter at the time.

"No-one, or no one comment, is going to make me feel any different. So sorry if you were looking for a strong reaction, you're just simply not going to get it here."

A number of players in English football, including several of Rashford's United team-mates, have also been targeted by online discrimination in recent months.

A number of clubs, players, athletes and sporting bodies took part in a four-day boycott of social media in April to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse.

Earlier this month, United said it found a 350% increase in abuse directed towards its players, with 3,300 posts targeting them during the period from September 2019 to February 2021.

The club has set up an online reporting system, encouraging fans to flag up online abuse.

chocboi78:
Very stupid and useless player��
Even missed and open net and still had the guts to tweet rubbish.
U even deserve more than ure getting.
Bloody fool

PlayMaker14:
Rashford will always be Rashford....


He never runs out of excuses to cover up his woeful performance and this dude reminds me of the former APC National leader that was disgraced in the Edo State governorship election held last year.


I will advise him to go and see how Ngolo Omoruyi Kante is handling his own maturely.

chocboi78:
Very stupid and useless player��
Even missed and open net and still had the guts to tweet rubbish.
U even deserve more than ure getting.
Bloody fool

chocboi78:
Very stupid and useless player��
Even missed and open net and still had the guts to tweet rubbish.
U even deserve more than ure getting.
Bloody fool

Xiaomi1:
Rashford is so stupid