An Aston Villa fan is filmed allegedly making a monkey gesture towards a Chelsea fan during their heated Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge
- An Aston Villa fan has been accused of racism towards a Chelsea fan
- Video shows man making an alleged monkey gesture towards a black fan
- Unai Emery’s Villa beat Chelsea 2-0 this Saturday at Stamford Bridge
An Aston Villa fan has been accused of racism after making a vile gesture towards a Chelsea supporter on Saturday, shocking images have revealed.
Unai Emery’s Villa beat the Blues 2-0 at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn.
But the game was marred by the shameful actions of a fan at the visiting end.
The video shows the man, circled in yellow around him in the clip below, pointing at a black Chelsea fan sitting at the end of the house, near him.
He makes a supposed monkey gesture to the person in question, before appearing to make a V gesture and say ‘fuck you’.
An Aston Villa fan (circle) has been accused of racism after making an alleged monkey gesture
The Villa supporter made the vile gesture towards a black Chelsea fan (out of shot) from the other side during his team’s 2-0 win against the Blues at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Villa won the game thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins (centre) and John McGinn (left), but it was marred by the alleged racial abuse incident, just the latest in a long line this season.
A Villa fan sitting near the offender at the other end sees the apparent racist gesture, laughs out loud and follows the same Chelsea fan with an obscene gesture.
The Chelsea fan who filmed the encounter from a higher level says ‘Got it, got it’ after catching the incident on camera.
If the offender can be identified, he could face charges and be banned from soccer stadiums or banned for life by Villa.
It’s just the latest hugely depressing incident involving racism in football.
Last month, Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior suffered ‘intolerable’ racist abuse again during the Clásico against Barcelona.
In response, La Liga bosses have set up a dedicated complaints channel for fans to identify the culprits.
In March, Brentford boss Thomas Frank spoke about the difficulties Black striker Ivan Toney faces in dealing with racism “every day”.
sports mail he has approached Aston Villa and Chelsea for comment.