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Video footage of Man Utd fans abusing Jesse Lingard goes viral

Archie Blade
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Video footage of Man Utd fans abusing Jesse Lingard goes viral.

Video footage of Man Utd fans abusing Jesse Lingard after the FA Cup win over Derby County on Thursday night goes viral.

Manchester United completed a 3-0 victory over Derby to cement their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. However, the victory was soured after one of their players, Jesse Lingard, was subjected to a torrent of abuse as he boarded the team bus.

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The shocking footage shows a couple of fans screaming expletives at the United midfielder. Some twitter users even claimed that the disgruntled fans (if you can even call them that) can be heard shouting racist abuses near the end of the very video.

Watch: Video footage of Man Utd fans abusing Jesse Lingard goes viral


One fan can be heard repeatedly shouting ‘F*** off, Jesse, you’re s***!’ as he walks past.

Another can then be heard criticising his lack of goal contributions last year, screaming:

“Zero goals and zero assists in 2019, you’re dead.”

While it is acceptable to criticize a footballer for his failure to perform on the pitch, what happened on Thursday night crossed a line. So much so that Lingard’s teammate Luke Shaw, appeared by the bus door to furiously remonstrate with the fans after hearing the expletives and insults as they left Pride Park.

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Archie Blade

Archie Blade

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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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