Arsenal and Man City fan groups slam ‘appalling’ racist and misogynistic abuse aimed at Khadija Shaw

SUPPORTERS groups of Manchester City and Arsenal women’s sides person condemned the racist and misogynistic maltreatment directed astatine Khadija Shaw.

The Man City striker was the people of abusive messages pursuing her team’s WSL clash with the Gunners astatine Joie Stadium connected Sunday.

The club, whose broadside are 4th successful the Women's Super League, slammed the "disgusting treatment" of Shaw, who played her 100th crippled for City connected February 2. 

The Jamaica international, who finished arsenic the top-flight’s apical scorer past season, made an quality successful the 2nd fractional of the fixture which the Cityzens mislaid 4-3 to Arsenal. 

Messages sent to Shaw person been shared with authorities by Man City. 

The nine accidental they are offering her their afloat enactment to the striker whose squad are owed to look the Gunners successful a Women’s League Cup semi-final clash time evening astatine 7pm. 

Shaw is successful enactment to marque her 3rd quality pursuing her instrumentality to enactment from a little limb wounded sustained past December.

In a connection yesterday, the nine said: "Manchester City were appalled to larn that Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw was subjected to racist and misogynistic maltreatment pursuing Sunday's fixture.

"Discrimination of immoderate kind, either successful stadiums oregon online, volition not beryllium tolerated and has perfectly nary spot wrong oregon extracurricular the game.

"Bunny has decided not to stock the messages publically truthful arsenic not to springiness the oxygen of publicity to the vile individuals who sent them.

"The contented has been shared with the authorities. An probe volition travel and the nine offers our afloat enactment to Bunny pursuing the disgusting attraction she's received."

Shaw, who joined the Cityzens from French nine Bordeaux successful June 2021, won past season’s WSL Golden Boot aft netting 21 times successful 18 WSL games. 

The Jamaica prima is presently starring this term’s scorers charts with 9 goals successful 11 top-flight games.

Following Man City’s statement, instrumentality groups of Arsenal and Man City took to societal media to explicit their “disgust” astatine the maltreatment of Shaw. 

They were besides backed by Chelsea supporters radical Chelsea Pride. 

In a station shared via the level X, Man City Women’s Official Supporters wrote: "We articulation the nine successful expressing the utmost disgust for this appalling abuse, and basal with some them and Bunny successful condemning this benignant of behaviour. 

"Nobody should person to enactment up with radical oregon misogynistic  maltreatment astatine immoderate time, extremity of!"

 Arsenal Women’s Supporters Trust added: "Unacceptable behaviour, and we’re profoundly saddened to perceive that Khadija has been targeted successful specified a horrible way. 

"There is nary spot for racism oregon favoritism astatine immoderate level, yet it continues to happen.

"This cannot beryllium tolerated. We basal with Khadija and nonstop our emotion and support."

And Chelsea Pride stated: "This is wholly unacceptable and indispensable beryllium condemned by everyone crossed the game, clubs, governing bodies, and supporters alike.

"Hate has nary spot successful football.”

Man City’s connection came a time aft Chelsea skipper Millie Bright was the people of expletive-laden insults from a instrumentality during the Blues 1-0 triumph against Aston Villa connected Sunday. 

The England vice-captain has called connected the sport’s followers to beryllium much "mindful" with their comments. 

Bright said: "Every crippled we springiness our implicit each and it won’t ever beryllium beauteous oregon perfect.

"But conscionable retrieve we springiness everything to beryllium the champion for you, truthful this acquisition was hugely disappointing particularly from a instrumentality (who was) sat successful the Chelsea section."