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Racism allegation mars Swansea win at Millwall
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Racism allegation mars Swansea win at Millwall

Substitute Ronald scored a last-minute winner to keep Swansea top of the Championship after their match at Millwall was held up due to alleged racist chanting aimed at the visitors' Eom Ji-sung.

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Substitute Ronald scored a last-minute winner to keep Swansea top of the Championship after their match at Millwall was held up due to alleged racist chanting aimed at the visitors' Eom Ji-sung. Referee Edward Duckworth halted the match in the 65th minute and walked to the dug-outs at the Den to speak with Lions boss Alex Neil, Swans counterpart Vitor Matos and fourth official Ruebyn Ricardo. Eom had been warming up as a substitute at the time. A security guard was also on the scene, with referee Duckworth seeming to point to an area in the stands behind the Swansea dug-out. When play eventually resumed after almost seven minutes it was announced in the stadium that there had been a report of racist chanting, adding that police were working to identify any offenders using CCTV. But the unsavoury incident could not take the gloss off a dramatic last-gasp 1-0 victory for the table-topp

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