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Swansea fan arrested over alleged racial taunt

9 December 2012 03:04

A Swansea City fan has been arrested in relation to the alleged racial abuse of Norwich City centre-back Sebastien Bassong.

Police are investigating reports that the Cameroon international was the subject of an inappropriate gesture during Norwich’s 4-3 victory on Saturday, with a 23-year-old man pinpointed on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.

And Bassong's manager Chris Hughton has praised the authorities at Swansea after they identified the individual.

"I can only tell you what I have been made aware of, which is that there was a gesture made to Sebastien Bassong," Hughton told Sky Sports News in his post-match interview.

"Credit to Swansea City football club, I think they have identified the individual and that is now in the hands of the right authorities."

Bassong was on the scoresheet in the seven-goal thriller – his third goal in four games for the club.

This is not the first time the 26-year-old has reportedly been targeted, with remarks allegedly made to Bassong on social networking site Twitter in November.

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Competition
Premier League
Date
8 December 2012
Game week
16
Kick-off
16:00
Half-time
0 - 3
Full-time
3 - 4
Venue
Liberty Stadium (Swansea)
Attendance
20294

Goals

0 - 1
16' S. Whittaker
 (assist by R. Snodgrass)
0 - 2
40' S. Bassong
 (assist by G. Holt)
0 - 3
44' G. Holt
 (assist by R. Snodgrass)
Michu 51'
(assist by B. Davies) 
1 - 3
2 - 3
2 - 4
Michu 90'+2
(assist by J. de Guzmán) 
3 - 4

Lineups

# Player Bookings
25
6 75'
22 89'
4
33
20 59'
15
12
24
9 51' 90+2'
10
Coach: M. Laudrup
# Player Bookings
28
3 16'
18
5 40'
2 45'
14
7 77'
12
8
4
9 44'
Coach: C. Hughton

Substitutes

# Player Bookings
17
2
13
16
19
21
26
# Player Bookings
16
20
10
13
15
17
23

Sunday 19 May

Saturday 18 May

23:50
23:11
22:57
20:26
19:15
19:13
19:05
19:04
17:59
17:47
17:31
17:27
17:21
17:11
17:05
16:31
16:18
16:15
16:14
15:59
14:43
14:34
14:08
13:07
13:01
12:25
12:08
11:31
11:08
05:28
02:47
02:31
00:26

Friday 17 May

23:49
22:42
21:02
20:52
20:35
19:45
19:13
18:58
18:43
18:39
18:08
18:04
17:48
17:37
17:28
17:18
17:12
16:57
16:43
16:36
16:28
16:28
16:15
16:04
15:24
15:19
14:48
14:26
14:24
14:09
13:29
13:27
13:25
13:19
13:16
13:09
13:04
12:50
12:35
12:23
11:59
11:48
11:40
11:28
11:19
11:13
11:11
11:03
10:42
10:37
10:35
09:07
08:34
05:39
04:33
03:48
03:00
01:52
01:45
01:07

Premier League table

# Team MP D P
1 37 +43 88
2 37 +33 78
3 37 +35 72
4 37 +34 70
5 37 +19 69
6 37 +16 63
7 37 +27 58
8 37 -4 48
9 37 -1 46
10 37 -10 43
11 37 -11 41
12 37 -18 41
13 37 -22 41
14 37 -11 40
15 37 -13 40
16 37 -22 40
17 37 -12 39
18 37 -26 35
19 37 -28 28
20 37 -29 25

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