By Paul Donnelley Barcelona defender Dani Alves has received support from Premier League players including Sergio Aguero, David Luiz, Oscar, Willian, Nacer Chadli and Moussa Dembele following his reaction to a banana being thrown in his direction by a Villarreal supporter during a La Liga game on Sunday. The Brazil international picked up the banana and took a bite before playing a key role as Barca fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 to keep their hopes of retaining the Primera Division alive. Following the game Alves was backed by team-mate Neymar who posted a picture of himself with a banana alongside the hashtag 'We are all monkeys', while his girlfriend Thaissa Carvalho also took a photo of herself among a group of friends eating bananas.
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Defender was about to take a corner when banana was flung onto the pitch
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Alves, 30, joined Barcelona in 2008 for £23m with additional £7m possible dependent on success at the Catalan club
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Girlfriend posted picture online showing friends all eating bananas
Break in play: Alves later credited the banana with giving him the energy to help Barca beat @placeholder