Peter Walton calls on his experience to describe how referees can combat racial abuse from fans after an incident involving Raheem Sterling.
Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp feels Raheem Sterling's handling of alleged racial abuse shouted at him during Manchester City's loss to Chelsea was brilliant as the fans didn't not deserve any kind of reaction.
MANCHESTER, England -- Pep Guardiola has described Raheem Sterling as an "incredible person" after the Manchester City forward hit out at media coverage that he said "helps fuel racism."
"He is an incredible person, an incredible human being," Guardiola told a news conference ahead of the Champions League clash with Hoffenheim.
"It is tough to understand what happened throughout history for black people. We have to protect how equal we are."
In a post on Instagram on Sunday morning, Sterling wrote that he expects "no better" and cited a Daily Mail story from January about his teammate Tosin Adarabioyo as an example of how media coverage of young black players contributes to "why people are racist in this day and age."
In his Instagram post, Sterling included two photographs contrasting newspaper headlines on similar stories involving black and white teammates at City -- Adarabioyo and Phil Foden -- who bought houses this year.
The headline on the story about Adarabioyo, who is black, focuses on how he spent £2.25 million on a house "despite having never started a Premier League match," while that about Foden says he bought a £2m home "for his mum."
Sterling added: "For example, you have two young players starting out their careers, both play for the same team, both have done the right thing. Which is buy a new house for their mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get where they are, but look how the newspapers get their message across for the young black player and then for the young white player.
"I think this is unacceptable ... this young black kid is looked at in a bad light. Which helps fuel racism and aggressive behaviour, so for all the newspapers that don't understand why people are racist in this day and age, all I have to say is have a second thought about fair publicity and give all players an equal chance."
Source: espn.co.uk