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Release Date: Friday, April 12, 2019 11:44
Arsenal striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, revealed that the many recent cases of racist abuse in football were "painful" and left him "disappointed".
There have been several incidents of racism in recent months, including a number of Chelsea supporters filmed singing insults against Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah before their Europa League match in Prague on Thursday night.
Arsenal has also launched an investigation After an online video where a supporter was heard, Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly was racially assaulted in their European league matchup.
Monkey singing was aimed at England's black players in their Euro 2020 qualification win in Montenegro last month as Aubameyang had a banana peel put on a Tottenham fan as he celebrated his goal in the derby of North London in December.
There have been many other examples, at home and abroad, and Aubameyang – after Arsenal won a 2-0 victory over Napoli – admitted that he had been dismayed by the recent numbers.
"I'm really disappointed with that," he said.
"I had the same problem here against Tottenham. When you are black like me, it 's really painful, I think, because we are in 2019 and obviously that' s not good for football in England. Hopefully we'll find a way to kick him out.
On the field, Arsenal took control of his encounter with Napoli while a goal is given by Aaron Ramsey. A goal against Koulibaly has placed them for the return leg in Italy next week.
It was their 15th victory over the last 16 games at Emirates Stadium after Gunners boss Unai Emery acknowledged on the eve of the match that he knew his team needed to win this first leg, given the striking contrast of their shape on the outside. the almost perfect run at home.
They lost the two knockout matches of the season in the Europa League against BATE Borisov and Rennes, two teams considered less solid than Napoli – second in Serie A.
Arsenal has managed to reverse those two ties once back in North London, but this time they have to defend a lead as they try to qualify for the semifinals for the second year in a row.
Aubameyang believes that the trip to the San Paolo Stadium for the second leg is the perfect place to prove that Arsenal are capable of winning big games on the road.
"I think we played well last night and it was important to win," he added.
"I think we had a lot of chances to score more goals, but we did not give in and that's a good point, it's really important.
"Now we will go to Naples with a lot of confidence and we will go there to score goals.
"We know we have difficulties. We must improve that. As I said before, we are confident.
"We had a good result today and we have everything in our hands. We are going there and will try to win the match.
"If you win there, I think you send a message to everyone. It will be an important game and a good challenge for us. "
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