Manchester City and Everton players have taken to the field wearing Ukrainian flags, before their Premier League game, while anti-war messages adorned stadiums elsewhere, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
City players walked out before the game at Everton's Goodison Park, wearing t-shirts featuring the Ukrainian flag and the slogan 'No War', while the home players were all draped in the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine.
Both teams had Ukraine internationals on their bench, with City's Oleksandr Zinchenko and Everton's Vitaliy Mykolenko both appearing on the verge of tears, as they witnessed the demonstration of support.
Home fans at Goodison Park unveiled a banner featuring Mykolenko and the slogan 'We Stand with Ukraine'.
The two players embraced each other at length during the warm-up and received warm applause from the supporters. Zinchecko had attended a vigil at Manchester on Thursday.
At Old Trafford, Manchester United players stood with opponents Watford before their game, behind a banner declaring 'Peace' in several languages, held by United's interim manager, German Ralf Rangnick.
In the German Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich players stood for a minute's silence before their game on Saturday. The overhead screen at Eintracht's stadium showed the message 'Stop it, Putin'.
After scoring in the Premier League game at Brighton, Aston Villa fullback Matty Cash took off his shirt to reveal an undershirt with a message of support for Poland teammate Tomasz Kedziora.
Kedziora plays for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv and resides in the Ukraine capital.
Cash received a yellow card for the offence of taking off his shirt.
Reuters
