Alexander-Arnold says teams must be punished for racism

<p>Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold says teams and fans should be punished for racism after monkey chants were aimed at Romelu Lukaku in a match against Cagliari.</p>, <p>The Inter Milan striker was targeted during the 2-1 win over Cagliari on Saturday 1, but the Italian FA’s sporting justice panel ruled on Wednesday the chants could not be considered discriminatory in terms of the “scale and realisation”.</p>, <p>Alexander-Arnold says all teams and their supporters must be punished for incidents of discrimination at football matches.</p>, <p>“Obviously I think the Italian FA had their reasons for not punishing them Cagliari but I think every team should be punished. Every team’s fans should be punished for those sorts of actions,” the Liverpool full-back said.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: We’ll work hard to ensure 3SC gets promotion this season ―Makinde</p>, <p>“It shouldn’t be happening in the game, nowadays especially. I think it’s disappointing to see that.</p>, <p>“But I’m sure that Lukaku especially is a strong enough character to break through that, like you’ve seen straightaway -he scored the penalty and was able to shut the fans up straightaway.</p>, <p>“That was a positive for him and I’m sure he will bounce back from that and keep on doing what he does, scoring goals.”</p>, <p>Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson reportedly deactivated his Twitter account after receiving abuse in the wake of conceding a penalty in Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League loss at Napoli.</p>, <p>Alexander-Arnold says the players will rally around Robertson and make sure the Scotsman has all the support he needs from his team-mates.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: Liverpool fans injured in Champions League brawl</p>, <p>“He’s mentally a really strong character, so I’m sure whatever reason he had for doing that was for the best for him,” Alexander-Arnold added.</p>, <p>“So, I think whenever we see each other next, it will be obviously to see how he is, make sure that nothing is too bad. I think all the lads would have texted him and spoken to him, to mak