Borussia Dortmund and Hertha Berlin took a knee in protest at racial injustice and police brutality prior to their Bundesliga clash on Saturday.
The death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota has led to protests in the cities across US and across the world.
In warming up the game with Hertha BSC, Dortmund wore shirts with messages calling for justice.
Moments before kick-off at Signal Iduna Park, both teams took a knee around the centre of the circle, with respective coaching teams doing so in the dugouts.
The actions of Dortmund and Hertha follow Bayern Munich wearing black armbands reading ‘’black lives matter’’ against Bayer Leverkusen, who also wore black armbands in a 4-2 home defeat.
Saturday’s Bundesliga results
Bayer Leverkusen 2-4 FC Bayern Munchen
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Mainz 05
Fortuna Dusseldorf 2-2 Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig 1-1 SC Paderborn
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Hertha BSC
Sunday’s fixtures
Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg
Union Berlin v Schalke 04
Augsburg v FC Koln
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