Swansea City have issued a statement following a reported incident of racial abuse thrown at winger Jisung Eom during their win against Millwall on Tuesday evening.

The Swans scored a thrilling 1-0 victory at The Den, with substitute Ronald scoring late to retain Vitor Matis’ team at the top of the Championship.

However, the outcome has been overshadowed by an incident in the second half, when Swansea reported alleged racial insults directed at Eom, who was warming up on the touchline.

Referee Edward Duckworth halted play for over seven minutes to address the situation, following which the Welsh club issued a statement.

Swansea publish a statement following reported racial insults directed at Jisung Eom.

Swansea reported the incident in the second half of a game that had been scoreless for long stretches.

The referee met with Matos and Millwall manager Alex Neil, as well as fourth official Ruebyn Ricardo, before confirming in a stadium statement that a report of racial shouting had been made, with police seeking to identify individuals involved.

Swansea said: “During the second half of this evening’s Championship fixture at Millwall, Swansea City reported an alleged incident of racist abuse aimed at Jisung Eom.”Our club strongly opposes all types of racism and discrimination, which have no place in either football or society.The club expresses gratitude to Millwall Football Club,

match officials, and police for their prompt and determined response to the situation.We will follow protocols and provide help to all parties while investigating the occurrence.We stand with Jisunt, and he has our unconditional love and support.”

Millwall promises the strongest possible action as police investigate.

Millwall would also respond to the charges, stating that they are cooperating with the appropriate authorities to determine the truth.

The Lions emphasised their zero-tolerance policy on discriminatory behaviour and warned that those found responsible would face severe consequences.Millwall Football Club is investigating an alleged discriminatory incident against a Swansea City player in the second half of Tuesday’s Sky Bet Championship encounter.The club has a zero-tolerance policy for any type of discriminatory abuse. Individuals who exhibit such behaviour will face severe consequences.The club is cooperating with the appropriate authorities to determine the facts and is unable to speak further because tonight’s alleged event is the subject of an ongoing police investigation, which the club firmly supports.”

No one has yet been publicly named as being responsible for the incident.

What Vitor Matos and Alex Neil said following the Millwall vs Swansea incident

After the match, Swansea head coach Matos commended referees and Millwall for following proper procedures.The referee followed the protocol for these kind of circumstances and did the correct thing. “Millwall did the right thing in moving the protocol forward,” he added.We all know there is no room for this; this type of circumstance should not occur.”

He emphasised that the club will support the player, and Neil responded similarly.”It has been reported, and it is obviously unacceptable,” stated the Millwall manager.