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Kalidou Koulibaly speaks out after suffering racist abuse in Napoli's defeat to Inter Milan

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Napoli defender Koulibaly was sent off during the match against Inter Milan on Wednesday [Courtesy]

Kalidou Koulibaly has hit back at those who racially abused him in Napoli's 1-0 defeat to Inter, saying: "I am proud of my skin colour."

The Senegalese was subjected to monkey chants at the San Siro with Carlo Ancelotti insisting the events shamed Italian football.

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