England women's striker Eniola Aluko claims she received "poisonous" personal abuse on social networking site Twitter after missing a series of chances in the 1-1 draw against Mexico. The 24-year-old responded angrily to some of those who abused her for missing three good second half chances. She said: "It's part of the game but I don't particularly like negativity being directed at me, I think some people go a bit far. "It is quite poisonous and does affect me." Law graduate Aluko, who plays for American side Sky Blue, says the abuse is not what a player needs in the middle of an intensive tournament. She said: "When I'm in a World Cup you need to keep a positive frame of mind and head onto the next game. "I don't need poison being directed at me so there's a time when I might say something back. "I'm a human being. If someone walked up to me and said something I think is out of order and not objective I might respond. "I'm very passionate so there are times when I might have to tell people to save your negativity for somebody else. I don't need it right now". England's second Group B match is against New Zealand today, and Aluko wants to put her missed chances in the Mexico game behind her. She continued: "I'm not going to beat myself up over the chances I missed. The best strikers in the world miss as well as score. "I might get two goals in the next game and I'm a hero. The main thing is getting into those positions. I was disappointed not to put one of those chances away but it happens. "It's sometimes difficult to understand why people don't get behind the team - they're so quick to jump on the bandwagon and criticise - just get behind us. "It feels like people love the negativity - I'm not interested in people who've probably never kicked a ball in their lives."
