• Player misses Arsenal cup tie to protect mental wellbeing
• Gareth Taylor: ‘the whole club are behind her in this’

Khadija Shaw withdrew from ­Manchester City’s League Cup semi-final at Arsenal on Thursday night to protect her mental wellbeing having been subjected to racist and ­misogynistic abuse after the sides’ Women’s Super League game on Sunday.

Shaw made her 100th ­appearance for City when she came on 66 ­minutes into the 4-3 loss to Arsenal at City’s Joie Stadium.