2nd warning in stadium about racism at Spurs-Chelsea
A third racism warning over Spurs stadium speakers - the game should have been stopped and players taken off
English football often denounces how racism is dealt with abroad but it appears the Premier League is not following FIFA protocols correctly today at Spurs
Premier League not certain have been 3 separate racism incidents in Spurs-Chelsea game yet.
Here's FIFA protocol that all competitions are told to follow
Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta confirms Antonio Rüdiger told him of racist abuse at Spurs and the referee was informed
Spurs calling it "alleged" racism
Part of letter from FIFA's @fatma_samoura
sent to all FAs in July reminding them how to implement the three-step procedure to deal with racism in games
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