Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso believes the anti-racism gesture is "losing a bit of strength" and says he will now point to the No To Racism badge on his shirt sleeveThomas Tuchel has defended Marcos Alonso’s right to stop taking the knee. The Chelsea boss, whose men face Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, has backed his defender who believes the anti-racism gesture is "losing a bit of strength". Alonso, 30, has instead been standing and says he will now point to the No To Racism badge on his shirt sleeve. “I think the captains, if my information is right, of the Premier League teams agreed to keep on taking the knee before matches. “So within these boundaries there cannot be any tolerance that anybody says ‘I am not against racism.

Source: Daily Mirror September 21, 2021 21:30 UTC