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Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has been subjected to disgusting racist abuse on Twitter just days after Paul Pogba was attacked on social media.

Rashford missed a penalty in the Red Devils' clash with Crystal Palace in an almost identical turn of events that occurred in United's draw with Wolves.

In that match Pogba missed a spot-kick and was targeted by Twitter trolls, prompting an angry response from his team-mates.

Harry Maguire called on Twitter to police the issue responsibly, and officials are planning to meet with United to discuss finding a solution to the problem.

But on Saturday the issue rose its ugly head once again as Rashford was racially abused a matter of seconds after missing a penalty.

(Image: PA) (Image: PA)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke out about the abuse levelled at Pogba after the Wolves match and ahead of the visit of Palace.

"Paul's fine," said Solskjaer. "Paul's a strong character and it makes him stronger. I just cannot believe we still sit here in 2019 talking about these instances.

"Social media is a place where, as Harry said, people can hide behind fake identities.

"I don't think it's down to me to change it but we've got to do something about it and the authorities have got to do something about these ones that spread this hate.

(Image: Twitter) (Image: Twitter)

"You just feel sorry for them really. They must have problems themselves when they have to do this."

The Manchester United fans had a banner made for the Palace match, which showed support for Pogba in the face of the abuse.

The banner reads: "United against racism".

Kick It Out took to Twitter on Saturday to address the racist abuse that was published online following Rashford's penalty miss.

(Image: Twitter) (Image: Jan Kruger)

Alongside the statement from August 20, which was posted after the Pogba incident, read: "This problem will not go away and needs decisive action.

"That's what we‘ll be making clear to Twitter when we meet."