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Brentford striker Ivan Toney is targeted by sickening racist abuse on Instagram as he shares a screenshot of a message where he's called a 'black c***' after he netted twice in his side's Premier League win over Brighton

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Ivan Toney has been targeted by racist abuse after he scored twice in Brentford's win over Brighton on Friday night.

The Brentford striker posted screenshots of a message sent from an Instagram account in the name of Antonio Neill in which he was called a 'black c***'.

Toney also posted the Instagram picture feed of the alleged abuser and wrote: 'I wasn't even going to post this but I woke up angry…'

MailOnline has tried to contact the account for comment.

A Brentford statement read: 'Last night, Ivan Toney was subjected to disgusting, racist abuse via a direct message received on social media.