“Go back and eat dogs”… Son Heung-min, victims of racial discrimination on social media after Manyujeon

Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham) was fouled against Manchester United (hereinafter referred to as Manchester United) and received a’bad comment baptism’ containing racism from other fans.

After the 31st round of the 2020-2021 English Premier League (EPL) round 31 between Tottenham and Manchester held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 12th (Korean time), Son Heung-min’s Instagram post was lined with comments from Manchester United fans criticizing him.

Son Heung-min was fouled this day and induces Manchester United to cancel the goal because he played excessively.

On this day, in the 33rd minute of the first half, Manchester United attempted to break through after Scott McTomini overcame the competition with Son Heung-min, and it seemed that Edinson Kabani’s left-footed shot followed the pass by Paul Pogba, who took over the ball.

However, the referee declared the cancellation of the goal by catching a foul hitting the face with his right hand in the process of McTomini’s outplaying Son Heung-min through video reading (VAR).

According to the UK Skysports, the British Professional Competition Referees (PGMOL) explained the basis of the decision, saying that McTomini’s movement was unnatural and careless.

Nevertheless, Manchester United fans expressed dissatisfaction by commenting on Son Heung-min’s past Instagram posts such as “Stop diving” and “I learn Korean drama, not a soccer player.”

Along with various swearwords, racist remarks such as “Sell DVDs”, “Stop diving and go back to eat cats, bats, and dogs” and “Rice-eating scammers” followed.

Recently, as racial discrimination against EPL players continues in the social network service (SNS), Son Heung-min has stopped using SNS for a week in the sense of confronting discrimination and hatred. However, among these, he has become a victim of racism.

Tottenham’s team immediately responded.

“One of our players has suffered a hate racism,” Tottenham said on his official Twitter account. “The club will do the most effective action after an investigation with the Premier League. I support Son Heung-min.”

On the other hand, there was a sermon for both team managers over Son Heung-min.

After the match, Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solscher said, “Cavani’s goal was great. It shouldn’t be tricked. My son is lying three minutes after being hit by an opponent in the face. If he got up, I wouldn’t have given him food,” he criticized.

Then, director Jose Mourinho Tottenham said, “It’s fortunate that Son Heung-min has a better father than Olleh. The father must feed his child whatever he does. He must even steal to feed his child.” ) I was very disappointed.”

In the 40th minute of the first half of the day, Tottenham failed to keep the opening goal of Son Heung-min and suffered a 1-3 turnaround.

After his professional debut, Son Heung-min set a tie record (14 goals) for the most scoring in his regular league in one season, but was unable to laugh due to the team’s defeat, controversy in foul scenes, and racial discrimination.

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