Media to blame for targeting of black players, says Sterling

City player says ‘racism and aggressive behaviour’ is exacerbated by disproportionality discriminating stories in the mainstream press

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Joel Campbell

RAHEEM STERLING’S call for a more egalitarian press was met with a collective ‘hear hear’ earlier this week following the Manchester City player's assertion the disparity between the way black and white players are reported on by mainstream media fuels ‘racism an aggressive behaviour’.

In the wake of the recent visibly vile and reported racist abuse Sterling received at Chelsea where City succumbed to their first defeat of the season, the former QPR and Liverpool player took to social media to address what he saw as the root cause to vitriol spouted from the terraces.

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