Last Updated: December 18, 2023, 09:17 IST
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Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins (AP)
Ollie Watkins celebrated in entrance of his former followers, prompting ugly scenes.
Aston Villa referred to as for an investigation after striker Ollie Watkins mentioned he was abused by a Brentford fan on Sunday.
Watkins, who used to play for Brentford, scored the successful objective in Villa’s 2-1 victory at GTech Community Stadium.
“Aston Villa FC wants to express its support for Ollie Watkins and, with the utmost respect for the big majority of Brentford fans and for the club, we ask the authorities to investigate this incident to find this individual,” the membership posted on X, previously generally known as Twitter. “Zero tolerance to abuse in football.”
Watkins, an England worldwide, left Brentford for Villa in 2020 and struck his successful objective within the eighty fifth minute. Watkins, who nodded residence Ramsey’s nook and celebrated in entrance of his former followers, prompting ugly scenes within the Brentford web.
His celebrations sparked an on-subject melee and Ezri Konsa and Saman Ghoddos had been proven yellow playing cards.
“I have nothing but respect for the Brentford fans, I love the club, but there was one individual who was abusing me all game,” Watkins mentioned in Villa’s submit on X. “Personal abuse that footballers should not need to deal with. You can have banter, but this wasn’t banter, hence my celebration.”
Aston Villa FC needs to specific its help for Ollie Watkins and with the utmost respect for the massive majority of Brentford followers and for the membership, we ask the authorities to research this incident to seek out this particular person. Zero tolerance to abuse in soccer. pic.twitter.com/zcoLbTZRDv— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) December 17, 2023
Watkins mentioned he nonetheless beloved Brentford, the place he spent three seasons, however his response was directed at “one person who was abusing me all game”.
“I feel like I’ve done so much for the club and they’ve done so much for me; football’s football and you can have a bit of banter but not when it’s personal,” Watkins advised Sky Sports.
Neither Watkins nor Villa described the character of the alleged abuse.
Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank later described Watkins as “a top person of top integrity.”
Both Brentford and Villa had gamers despatched off, with Ben Mee pink carded within the 71st and Boubacar Kamara proven pink in stoppage time.
(With inputs from Agencies)
