- Crystal Palace beat Millwall 3-1 within the fifth spherical of the FA Cup on Saturday
- Millwall followers abused Ben Chilwell with homophobic chants of ‘Chelsea lease boy’
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Crystal Palace’s victory over Millwall in Saturday’s London derby within the FA Cup was marred by offensive chanting by a bit of the away followers at Selhurst Park.
Millwall supporters had been heard shouting ‘let him die’ after Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta was injured by a flying kick to his head from visiting goalkeeper Liam Roberts, who was proven an early purple card.
In the meantime, Palace left again Ben Chilwell, who’s presently on mortgage from Chelsea, was subjected to homophobic abuse.
Cries of ‘Chelsea lease boy’ had been aimed on the 28-year-old as he accomplished his first full 90 minutes since shifting to Palace.
Mail Sport understands that the Soccer Affiliation will probably be investigating the chants geared toward Chilwell.
Nonetheless, the ‘let him die’ chanting geared toward Mateta won’t be probed because it doesn’t breach rules.
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Crystal Palace defender Ben Chilwell was subjected to homophobic abuse on Saturday
There have been 21,263 followers at Selhurst Park on Saturday, together with a big following from Millwall
Jean-Philippe Mateta was injured early on after being kicked within the face by Millwall’s keeper
