A 47-year-old man has been arrested after the Premier League ’s season opener on Friday was briefly halted due to alleged racist abuse, local police announced Saturday.

“We have arrested a man following reports racist abuse was directed towards Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo during his team’s Premier League fixture versus Liverpool at Anfield on Friday 15 August,” the Merseyside Police said in Saturday’s statement .

“The suspect’s identity was confirmed and he was removed from the ground following the report.”

In the 26th minute of the match, broadcast video showed a fan engaging with Semenyo while the forward went to retrieve a ball for an impending throw-in. The fan can be seen shouting and pointing at the winger just before the Ghanaian restarted play.

A short time later, pl

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