Chelsea players and staff united this morning (Tuesday) to take a knee before training at Cobham in a show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The members of the Blues's first team took a knee in the shape of an 'H' to represent the word 'Humans'.
The world was shocked by the death of George Floyd last week in the USA, which has led to protests and riots in America and several other nations.
This morning, several of the Chelsea players posted an all-black photo on Instagram to back the 'Blackout Tuesday' campaign, as part of the movement.
And the Blues players wanted to take another step to show their support in the movement.
"It is something where we want to use our position to express that we are living in a world where we have to try to improve it for the future, to be a better world with more love, without hate," Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta told the Chelsea website.
"We have seen recently the result of racism and we see every day that that kind of hate has to be eradicated from society, and we have to play our part.
"There is every day the possibility to lead by example, to behave, to educate the children into a better world because we know that education is key for the future.
"We know the young generation is coming behind us and we want to leave them in a better world with more possibilities without any kind of discrimination or racism, so everything matters and it is time to speak up and to face up to the attitudes that we are seeing. There is no place for all of this.
"Chelsea is a club that leads by example, always on the front foot in tackling racism and all kinds of discrimination.
"We are very proud to be part of Chelsea and to take action when we participate in any campaigns. You want to try to help in the way we can. It is part of our values and we take it very seriously.
"We see many incidents of discrimination in every part of the world and it shouldn’t happen. We are all equal and it doesn’t matter our origin, the colour of our skin, our religion, our sexuality, we are all human. To have the same opportunities and respect for each other is the key, next to education, to see all people as other human beings and not to discriminate.
"It is important to respect each other and to learn from each other. We come from different backgrounds but we can all appreciate each other and get love from each other, and in the end have a better path for the world."
Chelsea have often led the way in their fight against discrimination, starting the award-winning 'Say No to Antisemitism' campaign.
