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'That's just football... it might inspire them to do more!': Danny Murphy defends Man City and Leeds fans' 'you let your country down' chants to Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho after the Man United duo's Euro 2020 final penalty misses

Danny Murphy has defended Manchester City and Leeds fans chanting that Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho 'let their country down' on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, insisting 'that's just football'.

The Manchester United pair were targeted by Leeds supporters at Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime before City fans also taunted them during their defeat by Tottenham on Sunday.

Sancho, Rashford and Arsenal's Bukayo Saka were all subjected to shocking racist abuse online after failing to score their spot-kicks in England's penalty shoot-out defeat by Italy in the Euro 2020 final.