'I'm sure it's a nice town' – Chelsea star Noni Madueke apologises after insulting Wolverhampton
Chelsea winger Noni Madueke has apologised after posting an insulting social media post about Wolverhampton ahead of Sunday's game with Wolves.
The 22-year-old posted to his Instagram story showing he was in Wolverhampton, with the caption 'everything about this place is s**t'.
He then rubbed salt in the wound by scoring a 15-minute hat-trick in a 6-2 Chelsea victory.
He quickly deleted the post, but not before fans grabbed a screenshot of it.
Madueke, who has 991,000 followers on Instagram, then posted again claiming he had put the original post up on the wrong account.
The England Under-21 international, who was booed by Wolves fans throughout the game, later apologised, saying: "I just want to apologise to everyone that I might have offended. It is just a human mistake, an accident. It wasn't meant to be out on my socials like that. I'm sure Wolverhampton is a nice town and I'm sorry.
"It was a mistake and you learn from those things. Hopefully nothing like that happens again.
"In terms of the boos, I expected it but it is part of the game. You have to be able to play under that sort of pressure."
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said he wasn't aware of the social media post, adding: "Noni is mature enough to understand if what he did was correct or not correct."
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