England defender Tyrone Mings has responded to criticism from British Home Secretary Priti Patel for taking a knee before games at the European Championship.

Mings noted how Patel previously invited him onto a Zoom call to hear about racism in the sport from a player’s perspective.

Mings says “the home secretary is one of many people that oppose us taking the knee or refuse to defend it. We have our own set of beliefs and what we can do to help.”

England players performed the anti-racism gesture before their 1-0 victory over Croatia on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

Patel had said in an interview with the GB News TV channel that she didn’t support people participating in “gesture politics.”