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4th November 2021
08:08pm GMT

"But, for myself and the players at Liverpool, I think we are still in favour of it and that it is still having an impact."
https://twitter.com/AnfieldEdition/status/1425385952105701377 Alonso stated that he believed the gesture had lost its value and was no longer necessary before games, following through on his opinion by stopping to take the knee ahead of Chelsea's Premier League matches in September. The Spanish left-back revealed that instead of taking the knee - which is an action made in solidarity with football's anti-racism movement - he would instead choose to combat racism by taking a different approach, joining the likes of Wilfried Zaha and Ivan Toney, who also stopped the gesture."I am fully against racism and every type of discrimination," Alonso said.
"I just prefer to put my finger to the badge where it says no to racism, like they do in other sports and football in other countries.
"Maybe it's losing a bit of strength the other way, so I just prefer to do it this way and to show I am fully supportive."
Crystal Palace's star man Zaha has previously called the act 'degrading', with Brentford frontman Toney also suggesting that players were being 'used as puppets' when taking the knee.Related links:
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