KICK It Out have once again called for football and social media companies to do more to rid the platform of racists, after Manchester United players Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial were subjected to vile messages on Wednesday night.

Following United’s defeat to Sheffield United, the duo received a torrent of racial abuse, ranging from monkey and gorilla emojis to a string of racist terms.

With every game across the English football pyramid beginning with players taking a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, Wednesday’s incident was a further reminder to the authorities that more needs to be done and Kick It Out chair Sanjay Bhandari repeated his message of there being “real-life consequences” to those online offenders.