article_snippet.sent: Out revealed on Thursday night that Italy international Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli had been subjected to more than 4,000 racist messages on social media this season.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been the subject of thousands of racists posts on social media .
article_snippet.sent: More than 8,000 abusive messages were directed towards Balotelli, over half of which were racist.
article_snippet.sent: For one player to have received over 8,000 abusive messages is phenomenally awful. '
article_snippet.sent: Twitter was the most common platform for abuse with 88 per cent of messages coming in the form of tweets.
highlights_snippet.sent: Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been racially abused online .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Out have revealed thousands of abusive posts .
  