Spanish newspaper ABC has issued an apology to Barcelona star Ansu Fati after their match report compared his pace to that of a “black street vendor fleeing the police”.

The 17-year-old put in an impressive display in Barcelona’s 5-1 victory over Ferencvaros on Tuesday.

“Ansu in full flight has something of a gazelle about him, of a very young, black street seller that you see running along Paseo de Gracia when someone shouting ‘water, water’ (to warn other street sellers) announced that the local police have arrived,” the report said.