POLICE are investigating an alleged incident of racial abuse after Luton Town star Carlton Morris reported an “unfortunate” crowd comment to officials.
The striker, 28, came off the bench in his side’s thrilling 3-2 win at Sheffield United on Boxing Day.
Luton found themselves 2-1 down at United before late own-goals from Jack Robinson and Anis Ben Slimane handed them a huge win over their relegation rivals.
However, the game was briefly halted during added time after Morris was seen speaking to fourth official Andy Madley.
Referee Sam Allison then interacted with managers Rob Edwards and Chris Wilder before continuing with the final moments of the match.
Afterwards, Morris said he had reported a comment from an individual who was based in the front row of Bramall Lane’s main stand.
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He told Amazon Prime: “The Premier League have been great at telling us protocols and things like that.
“And I heard something from the crowd in the front row, unfortunately.
“I thought it was best to get it reported straight away, and then go from there.”
At his post-match press conference, Luton boss Edwards revealed police are now investigating an alleged incident of racial abuse.
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He said: “It’s an alleged racial comment, the police are dealing with that now.
“They’ve spoken to Carlton and got his take on it, it’s with them now so I’ve got no more comment on it.
“Carlton’s alright. At the time, he seemed pretty angry but he seems fine now.”
The Premier League released a statement offering Morris their full support.
It read: “Racism has no place in our game or anywhere in society and we encourage anyone who hears or sees discrimination to report it so action can be taken.
“We will offer our full support to Carlton Morris and Luton Town FC, as well as continuing to work with clubs and authorities to ensure our stadiums are an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.”
Blades boss Wilder said at his own press conference: “There was a comment which was made that the referee came over to speak to me and Rob about, from a racial point of view which obviously is not great if found to have been the case.
“It was from the crowd, towards one of their players.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
