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Toney, who scored a header in the 74th minute
to cancel out Leandro Trossard's earlier strike, was also
targeted earlier this season in October after Brentford's 2-0
win over Brighton & Hove Albion.
"Immediately after Brentford's game against Arsenal, Ivan Toney
received a barrage of abusive, racist direct messages via his
Instagram account," the club said on Sunday.
"We are disgusted and saddened that Ivan has had to deal with
this yet again."
Arsenal said they were working with Brentford to identify those
involved.
"We stand with Ivan Toney," Arsenal said. "At Arsenal, we
condemn all forms of discrimination and take a zero-tolerance
approach. We will apply the strongest possible action to anyone
we can identify sending hateful messages."
Toney's goal cleared a lengthy VAR check but Arsenal manager
Mikel Arteta later questioned the decision, saying it should
have been disallowed for offside.
Referees' body PGMOL accepted on Sunday it was the wrong call
and was one of two "significant errors" over weekend's games.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Kenneth
Maxwell)
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