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Wilfried Zaha reveals Instagram messages in which he is called a 'n*****' and a 'monkey' received after Crystal Palace's win at Man City as winger accuses social media companies of not taking the issue of racism seriously

Wilfried Zaha has revealed sickening racist abuse sent to him after Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City as he called on social media networks to take action.

The Palace winger, 28, posted a series of screengrabs in which he was called a 'n*****', a 'monkey' and a 'chimp' in private messages sent to him on Instagram.

Zaha scored Palace's opening goal - his 50th in the Premier League - as they claimed an unexpected win at title-chasing City on Saturday afternoon.

Wilfried Zaha was subjected to racist abuse following Crystal Palace's win over Man City

Wilfried Zaha was subjected to racist abuse following Crystal Palace's win over Man City

Zaha shared screenshots of some of the offensive messages
The messages appeared to be received privately on Instagram

He was also fouled by Aymeric Laporte in first-half stoppage time, leading to the city defender receiving a red card.