Wilfried Zaha chose to stand ahead of Crystal Palace's match against West Brom and became the first player in the Premier League to stop taking the knee. Last month Zaha revealed that he would stop taking the knee and also indicated he was uncomfortable with wearing anti-racism slogans on his match jersey. Wilfried Zaha has become the first Premier League player not to take a knee before a fixtureThe Crystal Palace man was at the forefront of the camera shot during the gesture on SaturdayA statement was released on behalf of Zaha just before the first whistle sounded at Selhurst Park. She said: 'My thing is, I don't ever want to see any player ever taking a knee because they feel pressured or because they have to. 'I'm not going to take the knee, I'm not going to wear Black Lives Matter on the back of my shirt because it feels like it's a target.

Source: The Nation March 13, 2021 15:56 UTC