• Chelsea’s Willian says perpetrators should be banned
An apologetic Jan Vertonghen condemned the behaviour of “minority idiots” after Chelsea’s 2-0 victory at Tottenham was overshadowed by the game having to be halted when Antonio Rüdiger was racially abused by a section of the crowd.
Spurs have vowed to take the “strongest possible action” against any individual found to have abused Rüdiger, who appeared to indicate he had been targeted with a monkey chant.
Written by Jacob Steinberg
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/23/jan-vertonghen-condemns-racist-abuse-rudiger-chelsea-tottenham under the title “‘We need to be strong against racists’: Vertonghen condemns abuse of Rüdiger”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.