Raheem Sterling reaction to alleged racist abuse was 'brilliant'! Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hails Man City star

1/24
David Lynch10 December 2018

Jurgen Klopp has commended Raheem Sterling’s ‘brilliant’ reaction to an alleged incident of racial abuse during Manchester City’s defeat to Chelsea last weekend.

A clip published on social media on Saturday appeared to show the England winger being subjected to vile taunts as he collected the ball from the side of the Stamford Bridge pitch.

He later took to Instagram to seemingly confirm that was the case, criticising the media for their role in fuelling such attitudes among the general public.

A picture of Sterling smiling in the face of the abuse later surfaced - and Klopp has praised the City forward for his remarkable restraint.

The Liverpool boss said: “I watched the game and I think I saw the situation when he went for the corner and I saw a few guys shouting.

“I didn’t hear, I'm not sure if it was possible to hear what they shouted, but I already thought his reaction was just brilliant.

Chelsea are investigating the incident involving Sterling that took place on Saturday.
Getty Images

“You saw his face. He gave the right response, not to react for these people. They don’t deserve any reaction, they don't deserve any respect.

“I am obviously not surprised that things like this still happen but I like the fact that we put the finger on it and say 'You cannot say what you want, it is not possible'.

“We had similar situations in Germany and other countries, Italy with Boateng when he stopped the game because of the things people shouted from the stands. They need to be punished.

“As long as people are silly enough to do this, they need to be punished for it, that is how it is. I am sure 95 per cent of people or more are not like this so we should try to find the right amount for these people.

“Yes, punish them but do not talk too much about them because they do not deserve that we talk about them."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in