Chelsea fans barred from game after ‘bomber’ chants against Mohamed Salah

• Chelsea stop three fans entering Slavia Prague stadium
• Club statement: ‘We will take the strongest action against them’

Three Chelsea supporters were barred entry into the club’s Europa League tie here after they were identified by security staff as having engaged in a chant describing the Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah, as a “bomber”.

A video, apparently filmed by the fans themselves, was broadcast on social media on Thursday, surfacing before the first leg of the quarter-final against Slavia Prague, for which the London club had sold out their allocation of 1,077 tickets. The 19-second clip showed a small group of fans gathered in a bar in the Czech capital singing the derogatory chant. Salah, a former Chelsea player and Egypt international, is of Muslim faith.

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