A plane flew over Etihad Stadium on Monday, at the start of the Manchester City - Burnley game, with a banner that read White Lives Matter Burnley , the slogan of the US extreme right against the anti-racist movement Black Lives Matter and the name of the team that in that moment was measured to the second classified of the Premier League.

The Burnley, who lost 5-0 on the pitch, condemned "emphatically" the appearance of this message. "It does not represent in any way what we are fighting for, so we are cooperating with the authorities to identify those responsible and take appropriate measures."

Ben Mee , captain of the Burnley, admitted having felt "shame" at the facts and called the episode "embarrassing". "Those people need to finally enter the 21st century," the defense continued, after declaring himself "very affected" by what happened.

British National Party

Burnley, a former mining and industrial city in the north of England, was the scene in July 2001 of racial unrest that also affected Leeds, Oldham or Bradford. In that area, the extreme right-wing British National Party obtained good electoral results at the beginning of the century.

The Premier League has been very severe against racist or homophobic behavior and on the first day after the restart, all the players and referees put one knee on the ground in protest at the death of George Floyd , who died at the end of May at the hands of a Minneapolis cop.

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