Ready To Take Firm Action Against Son Heung-min's Alleged Racial Attack, Chelsea: Club Does Not Tolerate Discriminatory Behavior

Son Heung-min (Instagram @hm_son7)

JAKARTA - Chelsea has confirmed that it will take strict action against the perpetrators of the alleged racial attack on Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker, Son Heung-min, the English club said in a statement on their official website on Thursday.

The London-based team stated that they are currently conducting an investigation into the alleged incident that occurred during the Premier League match against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

"Chelsea considers any form of discriminatory behavior to be completely inappropriate. Such a thing has no place at Chelsea or in any community," Chelsea wrote in their official statement quoted by Antara, Friday.

The action that allegedly happened was called Chelsea actually embarrassed the club and all members of the squad, as well as true supporters of the Blues.

"Chelsea FC does not tolerate discriminatory behavior, but there are still people like this who claim to be 'fans', which embarrass Chelsea FC, our coaches, players, staff and true supporters," Chelsea wrote in the same statement.

This is not the first time Chelsea have found their fans involved in incidents of racial attacks against opposing players.

In July 2019 Chelsea imposed a ban on entering Stamford Bridge for life for a supporter who was found to have racially abused Raheem Sterling in a match against Manchester City in December 2018. Sterling has now moved to Stamford Bridge and has been defending Chelsea since this summer.

Previously, in 2015 Chelsea also banned five of their supporters from watching a match for life for being proven to have racially assaulted a man named Souleymane Sylla and pushed him out of the Paris Metro carriageway in the French capital ahead of the Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain in 2015 February 16, 2015.

The incident of alleged racist attacks on Son added to the controversy in the Chelsea vs Tottenham match which ended in a 2-2 draw on Sunday.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and Tottenham manager Antonio Conte had a small quarrel in the middle of the match. The dispute was sparked by Conte's exuberant celebration of Tottenham's first goal, which was scored by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

It didn't stop there, the two coaches were also involved in a fight after the whistle blew. Tuchel arrested Conte after a handshake that ended in a verbal altercation and shoving between the players and coaches of the two teams, forcing referee Anthony Taylor to award both coaches red cards.

Chelsea are currently seventh in the Premier League standings with four points and are scheduled to travel to Elland Road to face Leeds United on Sunday the day after tomorrow.