Spurs' Son the target of 'abhorrent' online racial abuse


Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - April 11, 2021 Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min in action with Manchester United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka Pool via REUTERS/Clive Rose

(Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur condemned the "abhorrent" racial abuse of South Korean forward Son Heung-min on social media after he was targeted following Sunday's 3-1 Premier League defeat by Manchester United.

Son went down clutching his face after being accidentally caught by Scott McTominay in the build-up to an Edinson Cavani goal that was controversially ruled out after a VAR check.

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