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Dabo stepped up to take his side's sixth
penalty of the shootout following a 1-1 draw after extra time
and blazed his spot kick over the bar to hand the victory to
Luton, who claimed promotion to the Premier League at Coventry's
expense.
"The messages sent to Fankaty were disgusting and there is no
place for any person who sent such vile abuse at any of our
games, and social media is not a hiding place to make these
comments," Coventry's owner Doug King said on Tuesday.
"The club and our partners would support Fankaty, and we will
not hesitate in taking action against those people found to have
done this.
"Coventry is a tolerant and multi-cultural city that we are
proud to represent, and there is no place any form of racism or
discrimination in person or on social media."
Coventry said they will work with police, the English Football
League and the Professional Footballers' Association to ban and
prosecute individuals responsible for racist messages.
(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by
Ken Ferris)
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