Piers Morgan has lead the condemnation of a plane flying the banner "White Lives Matter Burnley" over the Etihad. The Good Morning Britain presenter took to Twitter to label the actions "depressing".
The incident occurred early on in the match between Manchester City and Burnley, shortly after players from both teams took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Piers tweeted: "Plane flew over the Etihad Stadium tonight with this banner saying 'White Lives Matter Burnley'. So depressing." Match of the Day host Gary Lineker also hit out at the stunt, tweeting: "I'm sure Burnley will condemn this s***housery." Burnley released a statement shortly after Lineker's tweet, prompting him to add: "Ah they just have.
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