Players were given the opportunity to take the knee over two game weeks

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Manchester United star Ayden Heaven refused to take the knee in the final weekend of the Premier League's "No Room for Racism" initiative.

Heaven became the seventh player to remain standing over the two weekends ahead of United's Old Trafford clash with Bournemouth, after missing the previous weekend's draw at Leeds.

Bournemouth's Rayan and Tyler Adams also did not kneel before the match, keeping the position they held the previous Sunday before their win over Sunderland.

Marc Guehi, the Manchester City and England defender, opted to stand and clap rather than kneel before his side's match against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday, having said the gesture had "lost its meaning".