<p class="title">Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling believes newspapers are helping "fuel racism" and "aggressive behaviour" with their portrayal of young black players.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 24-year-old made the comments in an Instagram post on Sunday, a day after he faced alleged racist abuse from a supporter during City's 2-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sterling posted two photos, contrasting different newspaper headlines for similar stories involving black and white team-mates at City -- Tosin Adarabioyo and Phil Foden -- who bought new houses this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The headline referring to Adarabioyo, who is black, focuses on how he spent 2.25 million pounds ($2.86 million) on a house "despite having never started a Premier League match" while that on Foden says he bought a 2 million pound home "for his mum".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You have two players starting out their careers - both play for the same team, both have done the right thing, which is buy a new house for their mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get where they are," Sterling wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But look at how the newspapers get their message across for the young black player and then for the young white player.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think this is unacceptable, both innocent, have not done a thing wrong but just by the way it has been worded, this young black kid is looked at in a bad light, which helps fuel racism and aggressive behaviour."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing the alleged abuse he received at Stamford Bridge, Sterling said that he "had to laugh" when he heard the remarks because he expects no better.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last December, a man was jailed for 16 weeks for racially aggravated common assault on Sterling.</p>.<p class="bodytext">No arrests were made after Saturday's league game but the Metropolitan Police and Chelsea said they would review footage to determine whether any racist abuse took place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anti-discrimination group Kick it Out said soccer's leaders could not stay silent on racism.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Where's (Premier League chief executive) Richard Scudamore, where is (FA chairman) Greg Clarke, where is Chelsea's chairman (Bruce Buck) -- they should have been talking out last night and it has to be dealt with at the top," the group's chairman Herman Ouseley said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We do not have any leadership at the top of the game to speak out, they just rely on Kick it Out."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The English Football Association condemned the incident on Sunday and called for witnesses to come forward.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We take allegations of discrimination extremely seriously and will work with the clubs and the relevant authorities to ensure this matter is dealt with appropriately," the FA said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">City suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday and they dropped to second in the standings behind Liverpool.</p>
<p class="title">Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling believes newspapers are helping "fuel racism" and "aggressive behaviour" with their portrayal of young black players.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 24-year-old made the comments in an Instagram post on Sunday, a day after he faced alleged racist abuse from a supporter during City's 2-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sterling posted two photos, contrasting different newspaper headlines for similar stories involving black and white team-mates at City -- Tosin Adarabioyo and Phil Foden -- who bought new houses this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The headline referring to Adarabioyo, who is black, focuses on how he spent 2.25 million pounds ($2.86 million) on a house "despite having never started a Premier League match" while that on Foden says he bought a 2 million pound home "for his mum".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You have two players starting out their careers - both play for the same team, both have done the right thing, which is buy a new house for their mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get where they are," Sterling wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But look at how the newspapers get their message across for the young black player and then for the young white player.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think this is unacceptable, both innocent, have not done a thing wrong but just by the way it has been worded, this young black kid is looked at in a bad light, which helps fuel racism and aggressive behaviour."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing the alleged abuse he received at Stamford Bridge, Sterling said that he "had to laugh" when he heard the remarks because he expects no better.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last December, a man was jailed for 16 weeks for racially aggravated common assault on Sterling.</p>.<p class="bodytext">No arrests were made after Saturday's league game but the Metropolitan Police and Chelsea said they would review footage to determine whether any racist abuse took place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anti-discrimination group Kick it Out said soccer's leaders could not stay silent on racism.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Where's (Premier League chief executive) Richard Scudamore, where is (FA chairman) Greg Clarke, where is Chelsea's chairman (Bruce Buck) -- they should have been talking out last night and it has to be dealt with at the top," the group's chairman Herman Ouseley said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We do not have any leadership at the top of the game to speak out, they just rely on Kick it Out."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The English Football Association condemned the incident on Sunday and called for witnesses to come forward.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We take allegations of discrimination extremely seriously and will work with the clubs and the relevant authorities to ensure this matter is dealt with appropriately," the FA said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">City suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday and they dropped to second in the standings behind Liverpool.</p>