UEFA has launched an investigation into alleged racist chants during Chelsea’ s Europa League tie at Vidi, the governing body announced on Tuesday .
Minutes into the Europa League match in Budapest on December 13 , which ended 2 - 2 , a vocal minority of Chelsea fans were heard allegedly singing a derogatory chant about Tottenham Hotspur supporters , featuring anti - Semitic language.
Chelsea condemned the chanting and promised to take the strongest possible action against any supporters found to be guilty of singing racist songs .
The incident in Hungary came days after four fans were suspended for abusing Manchester City ’ s Raheem Sterling .
The England forward later issued a statement accusing the British media of fuelling racism in the way it reports certain stories about black players .
Chelsea banned four supporters pending an internal inquiry .
The results of UEFA ’ s investigation will be published by the middle of January .
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