Borussia Dortmund’s England winger Jadon Sancho scored a hat-trick and revealed a “Justice for George Floyd” T-shirt on Sunday amid several protests in the German Bundesliga at the death of an unarmed black man in the United States.
Sancho’s three goals helped second-placed Dortmund to a 6-1 romp at bottom side Paderborn as Thorgan Hazard, Achraf Hakimi and Marcel Schmelzer also got on the scoresheet.
The result left Dortmund seven points behind defending champions and league leaders Bayern Munich.
The 20-year-old Sancho was booked after removing his playing shirt in the second-half to reveal the T-shirt with his message.
It was the latest German league protest in support of Floyd after Monchengladbah’s French striker Marcus Thurum took a knee on Sunday and Schalke’s US midfielder Weston McKennie wore an armband showing “Justice for George” on Saturday.
Collated German Bundesliga results on Sunday:
Borussia Monchengladbach 4 (Neuhaus 17, Thuram 41, 59, Plea 81) Union Berlin 1 (Andersson 50)
Paderborn 1 (Huenemeier 72-pen) Borussia Dortmund 6 (Hazard 54, Sancho 57, 74, 90+1, Hakimi 85, Schmelzer 89)
Playing on Monday
Cologne v RB Leipzig (20:30 SA time)
Played on Saturday
Hertha Berlin 2 (Dilrosun 23, Piatek 90+3) Augsburg 0
Mainz 0 Hoffenheim 1 (Bebou 43)
Schalke 0 Werder Bremen 1 (Bittencourt 32)
Wolfsburg 1 (Mbabu 58) Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Silva 27-pen, Kamada 85)
Bayern Munich 5 (Joergensen 15-og, Pavard 29, Lewandowski 43, 50, Davies 52) Fortuna Duesseldorf 0
Played on Friday
Freiburg 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Havertz 54)
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— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) May 31, 2020
