Sancho booked for showing ‘Justice for George Floyd’ T-shirt

English striker, Jadon Sancho was booked for revealing a “Justice for George Floyd” T-shirt underneath his Borussia Dortmund kit after the first goal of a stunning hat-trick.

Sancho revealed the handwritten message in the 57th minute of Dortmund’s Bundesliga match against Paderborn but was handed a yellow card by the referee for removing his playing shirt.

Sancho scored a classy three goals in Dortmund’s thumping 6-1 win as he marked his return to the starting line-up – for the first time since the German league restarted – in some style.

But the England star’s goals will share the headlines with his tribute to tragic Floyd, whose death led to riots across the USA this week.

Floyd, 46, was an African American man who died on Monday, after cop Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on his neck during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit note, a non-violent crime.

The footage of Floyd, a father, begging for help has gone viral and caused widespread outrage both online and on the streets as mass riots broke out in Minneapolis on Wednesday night.

Protests have since spread across the nation, including to capital Washington D.C. – causing the White House to be placed on lockdown.

Chauvin, a 44-year-old white man, was arrested and is now facing a third-degree murder charge as well as one for second-degree manslaughter.

Schalke star Weston McKennie wore an armband with the message ‘Justice for George’ during the Bundesliga match against Werder BremenCredit: (c) Copyright 2020, dpa (www.dpa.de). Alle Rechte vorbehalten

Earlier on Sunday, Borussia Monchengladbach ace Marcus Thuram took a knee after scoring in reference to Floyd’s tragic death.

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Thuram, 22, dropped to one knee in a symbolic gesture to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

The son of French World Cup winner Lilian Thuram made the gesture after scoring the first of his two goals in a 4-1 win over Union Berlin.