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Yossi Benayoun 'embarrassed' by the behaviour of West Ham fans at Tottenham

Image: Yossi Benayoun: Disappointed by West Ham chants during the game at Tottenham

Yossi Benayoun has condemned the West Ham fans who directed offensive abuse towards Tottenham supporters during Sunday's Premier League clash.

A club statement said: "West Ham will take the strongest possible action against any of their supporters, including enforcing life bans from the club, that are found guilty of behaviour which is categorically not condoned by West Ham." The chants from a section of West Ham supporters have been reported to the police by the Society of Black Lawyers. Tottenham will be submitting video evidence as part of their report to the FA. A club spokesman said: "We are currently compiling a full report for the Football Association and shall be submitting this with all our evidence including relevant CCTV footage." The Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that monitors anti-semitism, said it has received complaints from people in the Jewish community following the Spurs match, including from people who were at the game. CST spokesman Mark Gardner said: "The days of English football crowds making massed monkey noises are thankfully gone, but massed anti-Semitic chanting about Hitler and gassing was clearly heard from a loud section of West Ham fans. We have heard such abuse against Spurs before and it risks seriously compromising the work against racism at all levels of the game."

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