Havertz missed a penalty in Arsenal’s shootout loss at the Emirates on Sunday before Sophia Havertz — who is expecting her first child with the Germany international — reposted two messages she had received on Instagram.
Arsenal have reported the abuse to the police and are working with a specialist data firm to try to identify the culprits.
“For anyone to think it’s okay to write something like this is so shocking to me. I hope you are so ashamed of yourself,” Sophia Havertz wrote as she shared one of the direct messages to her half a million followers.
Turning to another highly abusive message, she added: “I’m not sure what to even say but please guys, be more respectful. We are better than this.”
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