Intermilan's Romelu Lukaku warns 'we're going backwards' in racism fight after facing monkey chants

Romelu Lukaku has demanded football's authorities and social media giants take action against racism after being subjected to abuse during a match in Italy.

The former Manchester United player was subjected to racist monkey chants while playing for his new club Inter Milan against Cagliari on Sunday.

Lukaku, 26, stood and stared at Cagliari fans behind the goal - where the chants had come from - after scoring the winning penalty in his team's 2-1 Serie A victory.

In a post on Instagram following the abuse, Lukaku highlighted that many players had been racially abused in the last month.

"Football is a game to be enjoyed by everyone we shouldn't accept any form of discrimination that will put our game in shame," he said.

"I hope the football federations all over the world react strongly on all cases of discrimination!!!"

Lukaku said social media platforms - including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - and football clubs "need to work better... because everyday you see at least a racist comment under a post of a person of colour... we've been saying it for years and still no action".

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