Racial Abuse On Black Players: Manchester United Changes The Narrative On Tuanzebe Despite Wednesday's Defeat

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Axel Tuanzebe made his first Premier League start of the season on Wednesday.

Oliver Burke's attack came as Sheffield United beat Manchester United

After the game, some white racists, and ManU fans apparently enraged over the deafeat, flooded Tuanzebe's Instagram account raining all sorts of racial abuse on him; Many of those fans had used "malicious monkey emojis" to denigrate and dehumanize Tuanzebe's origin as a black.

It didn't end there as Manchester United social handles inhabited racial harassment on Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial after playing in Sheffield United's shocking 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

The defender was warned and then replaced  by Donny van de Beak at the 82 minutes, and United lost their fourth Premier League match this season, giving up their title hopes.

Some reports claimed that Tuanzebe had, in the past, deleted his Twitter account as a result of abuse he suffered during his game at Old Trafford, while Martial was also abused after playing the entire game and asked United to request social websites to remove the abuse posted by the "Infidels anonymous'.

The Management of Manchester United, in a statement, has condemned every forms or shapes of racists attacks on their black players, while calling for united voices against racism.

"Everyone at Manchester United is disgusted by the racial harassment players received via social media after last night's game 

"We totally condemn this, and it's encouraging to see other fans condemn it, especially on social media."_United Club's statement.

Tammy Abraham of Chelsea, Manchester City star Raheem Sterling, Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha and Manchester United's Paul Pogba had also suffered same abuse.

Lately Ferdinand opened up on his experiences with racism and invited players to share their abuse experiences

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Consequently, Jordan Henderson and Tyrone Mings met and held talks with Government ministers on how to overcome abuse in football.

The ministers have also disclosed their intention to address online vulnerabilities in the bill to be presented to the Cabinet this year.

Reacting to the racist harassment, Aston Villa advocate Mings said, "I am delighted that the Foreign Minister is willing to participate and listen, and the ideas have emerged as ex-actors and actresses. Hopefully this adds to the word when it comes to returning to change."

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