BERLIN – Marcus Thuram took a moment in apparent tribute to George Floyd after scoring in Borussia Mönchengladbach’s 4-1 win over Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
The Gladbach forward was left free at the far post to score the home side’s second goal with a header in the 41st minute. He briefly accepted teammates’ congratulations, then dropped his left knee to the ground and rested his right arm on his right thigh as he bowed his head in reflection.
He spent five seconds in this position before getting up again to continue. Thuram’s gesture seemed to reference Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck. “No explanation needed,” Gladbach said on Twitter with a