Frank Lampard has spoken out on the racism aimed at Kurt Zouma following Chelsea's draw against Sheffield United.
The Blues let slip a 2-0 lead against the newly-promoted side, to draw 2-2 at Stamford Bridge.
The Blades equaliser came in the 89th minute, through a Zouma own goal.
And the French defender was subjected to racist abuse on social networking site Twitter following the draw.
We are not going to show any of the tweets with racist language in them, but suffice to say there were plenty of unsavoury and totally unnecessary comments on Twitter following the result.
It is the latest in a disgustingly long line of racist incidents in the Premier League this year, with Blues teammate Tammy Abraham also targeted, as have Manchester United duo Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford been.
And Blues boss Lampard admitted it was an issue that desperately needed to be dealt with.
Speaking after the game he said: "I am probably going over the ground from Tammy, firstly it is the person who does it, whoever is hiding.
"Then it is on the social media platforms to give some accountability to people who register and can be chased down for it.
"It is important. Until we get to that, however horrible that conversation is and how we get tired of talking about it, because if there no culpability to anybody then anyone can say anything.
"I don’t care if it’s racism, calling names, homophobia, sexism, everything. Unfortunately among society it is out there and it has to be dealt with."
There are plans for Premier League clubs to meet with Twitter over the problems in the next few weeks and Lampard was asked if it was something Chelsea would be participating in.
"I think we have plans to do that," he said. "Everyone knows in the way that I speak and the way the club act what we want to do with it. Any player. We are clear about that."
