Wilfried Zaha reveals he suffered racist abuse after Crystal Palace’s win over Manchester City

Wilfried Zaha has once more called for the authorities to take action against racists after he highlighted abuse he was sent online after Crystal Palace’s victory at Manchester City on Saturday.

Zaha scored the opener in Palace’s 2-0 win, which also saw City defender Aymeric Laporte sent off for a foul on the forward.

Zaha posted screenshots on Instagram of racist abuse he had received following the match.  

Wilfried Zaha was subjected to racist abuse following Crystal Palace’s win over Man City

Zaha celebrates after scoring Crystal Palace’s opening goal at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday

Zaha wrote: ‘This message isn’t for me to get a million messages saying we stand with you and it’s disgusting or about me getting sympathy. 

‘I’m not here for all the nonsense that is being done instead of fixing the actual problem! 

‘I don’t mind abuse because nowadays it comes with doing the job I do even though it’s not an excuse, but my colour will always be the real problem.

Zaha shared screenshots of some of the offensive messages, received privately on Instagram, as he called on social media companies to do more to combat the problem

Zaha shared five screen grabs showing the racist abuse received on Instagram on Saturday

Zaha demanded more action from social media companies (right) to combat racist abuse

‘But it’s fine because I’ll always be BLACK AND PROUD! 

‘Speak to me when you actual take this issue serious [sic].’  

The abuse of Zaha marred a special win for Palace, with boss Patrick Vieira hailing the result as ‘a really strong statement’. 

‘The players gave everything,’ he said.