Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has stopped taking a knee before this season’s matches because the anti-racism gesture is “losing a bit of strength”, the 30-year-old said. Players and staff have been taking a knee before kickoff since the league returned to action in June last year to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Alonso said he has decided to stand while the other players kneel and will instead point to the “No Room for Racism” badge on the sleeve of his kit to highlight the problem. After Sunday’s 3-0 Premier League win at Tottenham Hotspur, Alonso said: “I like to do it this way and I want to say, of course, very clearly that I am against racism and I am against every I respect someone.”
“I feel like it’s losing a little strength the other way around, so I like to do it that way.”
Chelsea are at the top of the combined points table after five matches. They host Aston Villa in Wednesday’s League Cup match.
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