Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira slammed Millwall followers for chanting homophobic abuse at Conor Gallagher in a match marred by ugly scenes.
The gang lobbed flares and bottles onto the pitched and booed the anti-racism gesture of gamers taking the knee forward of the match.
Michael Olise impressed a terrific second-half Crystal Palace comeback because the Premier League facet overcame Millwall to succeed in the fourth spherical of the FA Cup.
Conor Gallagher, who’s on mortgage at Crystal Palace from Chelsea, obtained homophobic abuse throughout his workforce’s FA Cup match towards Millwall. Followers on the den chanted that he was a ‘Chelsea lease boy’
Palace boss Patrick Vieira slammed Millwall followers, who’ve traditionally been related to violence and hooliganism
A flare is thrown on to the pitch after Crystal Palace scored their second aim through the FA Cup third spherical match at The Den in south London
Nevertheless, Millwall followers shouted chants of ‘Chelsea lease boy’ at midfielder Gallagher, a loanee from Stamford Bridge.
Palace gamers additionally needed to dodge bottles thrown from the stands, with one hitting former Studying ace Olise.
Eagles gaffer Vieira oversaw the comeback win towards the Championship membership Millwall, whose followers have traditionally been related to violence and hooliganism.
Vieira stated: ‘We, as a soccer membership, are towards any sort of discrimination.
Boos rang out from many racist dwelling supporters as Crystal Palace gamers took the knee
Olise removes a bottle that was thrown at him from the Millwall followers through the second-half at The Den
Crystal Palace’s Jack Butland picks up a bottle on the pitch that had been thrown by a fan
‘This isn’t one thing that we need to see on the sector.
‘Taking the knee, that is one thing we’re actually proud to take.’
Though Millwall gamers wore shirts decrying discrimination within the warm-up to the south London derby, massive swathes of the group voiced their racist tendencies by booing gamers taking the knee.
ITV needed to apologise thrice through the match for the homophobic and offensive chants sung by followers.
Pictured: A Millwall fan was escorted off the pitch by a police officer through the match
A common view of the grandstand through the match. Millwall and Crystal Palace share an intense footballing rivalry
Millwall stated any fan discovered responsible of discriminatory abuse would obtain a lifetime ban.
The membership stated: ‘Millwall Soccer Membership has a zero-tolerance coverage towards all types of discrimination and can examine any incident of alleged abuse accordingly.
‘As is membership coverage, any particular person discovered responsible of discriminatory abuse is issued with an instantaneous lifetime ban.’
In the meantime, Millwall boss Gary Rowett stated: ‘I do not suppose both of the golf equipment need to see any of these moments off the pitch however I’m positive each will cope with these conditions successfully.’