Liverpool stars take a knee in gesture of support for Floyd

Liverpool players showed their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd in the United States by taking a knee around the centre circle at Anfield on Monday. Reds stars including Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold tweeted the same photograph with the words "Unity is strength", accompanied by the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.

Liverpool players took a knee around the center circle at Anfield Stadium on Monday in a gesture of support following the death of George Floyd.

Squad members posted a picture of the act on their social media accounts with the caption, "Unity is strength #BlackLivesMatter."

The picture of 29 players from the English league leaders was taken during a training session.

Star players Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and captain Jordan Henderson were among those to post the picture that was retweeted by the official account of Liverpool, which is owned by Fenway Sports Group — the U.S. company which also controls the Boston Red Sox. Liverpool also tweeted out the picture.

Floyd, a black man, died in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.

Floyd's death has sparked days of protests across the U.S. and it has resonated in the soccer world.

Four players took a stand over the weekend in Germany's Bundesliga, which is the first major soccer league to resume during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Monday, Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford, who is black, also posted a message on Twitter, saying "people are hurting and people need answers."

"Black lives matter. Black culture matters. Black communities matter. We matter," Rashford wrote, before adding #justiceforgeorgefloyd.


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