article_snippet.sent: Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli's Liverpool team-mate Daniel Sturridge and Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck have also each received more than a thousand discriminatory messages according to research carried out by Tempero, a social media management agency, and analytics firm Brandwatch.
article_snippet.sent: Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck (left) has also been targeted by racists on the internet this season .
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli's Liverpool team-mate Daniel Sturridge (centre) is another player to be harassed online this term .
article_snippet.sent: Out estimates there have been 134,000 discriminatory posts this season with 39,000 of Out estimates there have been 134,000 discriminatory posts this season with 39,000 of them directed towards Premier League players, and Rodgers says the issue must be addressed directed towards Premier League players, and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says the issue must be addressed.
article_snippet.sent: Welbeck received 1,700, of which half were racist, and Sturridge 1,600, of which 60 per cent were based on sexual orientation.
article_snippet.sent: The research showed the Premier League clubs receiving the highest volume of discriminatory posts were Chelsea (20,000), Liverpool (19,000), Arsenal (12,000), Manchester United (11,000) and Manchester City (11,000).
highlights_snippet.sent: Brendan Rodgers has slammed any discrimination as unacceptable .
  