Neymar is battling racism leveled against teammate Dani Alves by taking to social media.

Alves had a banana thrown at him during Barcelona's 3-2 win at Villarreal.

"We are all equal, we are all monkeys, say no to racism," he wrote on the social media site, accompanied with the hashtag #weareallmonkeys.

"It's a shame that there's such prejudice in 2014. It's time for people to raise their voices. My way of expressing my support is to do what Dani Alves did.

"If you think so too, take a picture of yourself eating a banana and we will use what they have against us to our advantage."