Batshuayi confirms racial vilification during BVB draw with Atalanta

Published on: 23 February 2018

Chelsea loanee Michy Batshuayi has confirmed he was racially abused during Borussia Dortmund's 1-1 draw with Atalanta in Italy on Thursday night.


The Bundlesliga club, who Batshuayi joined on loan last month, advanced to the last-16 of the Europa League thanks to Marcel Schmelzer's late equaliser.

A Twitter member messaged Batshuayi asking he had monkey noises directed him from the home fans.

He said: "Was that Atalanta fans making monkey noises at @ mbatshuayi ??", before the Belgian replied "Yep lol".

Yep lol https://t.co/1fEFQCNGUn
— Michy Batshuayi (@mbatshuayi) February 22, 2018

The 24-year-old then hit directly back at Atalanta fans on Twitter.

2018 and still racists monkey noises in the stands ... really ?! hope you have fun watching the rest of @EuropaLeague on TV while we are through #SayNoToRacism#GoWatchBlackPanther
— Michy Batshuayi (@mbatshuayi) February 22, 2018

Source: tribalfootball.com

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