BT Sport football presenter received sexist abuse on Twitter

On Sunday, Barcelona had a fantastic victory of 6-1 against Celta. However, not everyone was impressed with Messi's penalty decision during the match...

Presenter Lynsey Hipgrave shared her opinion on Messi's rare move on social media, Twitter, and it led to a torrent of abuse from Twitter trolls and sexist comments. 

Hipgrave's original comment was, 'Think that Messi pen is so disrespectful more I see it. Just let Suarez take the pen if you want to be such a good team mate.'

Which was followed by replies such as, 'Haha honestly no one cares what you think cos you have a pair of t***'. and 'We need sandwiches not opinions you s**g'.  

A disappointed Hipgrave boldly replied via Twitter saying, 'Just a very small taster of what we have to put up with. The crime was being a woman and expressing an opinion. Still a long way to go.'

Think that Messi pen is so disrespectful more I see it. Just let Suarez take the pen if you want to be such a good team mate.

— Lynsey Hipgrave (@lynseyhipgrave1) February 15, 2016

Just a very small taster of what we have to put up with. The crime was being a woman and expressing an opinion. Still a long way to go

— Lynsey Hipgrave (@lynseyhipgrave1) February 15, 2016