Man United defender Axel Tuanzebe deletes Twitter account following racial abuse online

Man United duo of Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial suffered racial abuse on social media following Red Devils' shock 2-1 defeat against Sheffield United on Wednesday. centre-back reportedly deleted his Twitter account following  vile abuse after deflecting Sheffield's winner into net in 74th minute. A series of racist comments and monkey emojis were aimed at Tuanzebe's Twitter and Instagram profile which reportedly led to 23-year-old deleting his Twitter account.

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Axel Tuanzebe Twitter account deleted; Man United star faces vile racism online

According to reports, Man United defender Axel Tuanzebe has been forced into deleting his Twitter after being racially abused online. young defender was unexpectedly drafted into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting line-up after Eric Bailly suffered an injury on eve of game against Sheffield. It was Tuanzebe's first start in Premier League this season but young defender looked out of sorts as United slumped to ir fourth defeat of season. 

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United had chance to move back above Manchester City in league standings but produced a disappointing display against Blades, who had only won one game in league prior to ir visit to Old Trafford.

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Tuanzebe, unfortunately, deflected in Oliver Burke's shot into goal, got booked and was n substituted for Donny van de Beek in 82nd minute. However, following United's defeat, defender was targeted on his Instagram account through dozens of vile racist comments as well as several abhorrent monkey emojis on an old photo that he had posted a fortnight ago, adding to yet ar incident of racism in football. Just a few hours after game, Tuanzebe deleted his Twitter account.

Former Man United defender Rio Ferdinand condemned racist abuse on Twitter and wrote, "This is a disgrace. se igrant idiots need to be exposed so everyone can see m for what y are!". United captain Harry Maguire also showed support for Tuanzebe. official Man United Twitter account also posted a strong mess against racism.

French forward Anthony Martial was also victim of racial abuse on social media following his poor display against Sheffield. defeat for United was ir first in 13 league games, with ir previous loss coming against Arsenal in October.

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