LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo thanked his teammates, Liverpool's players and the soccer community as a whole for the “overwhelming messages of support” he received after reporting he was racially abused by a spectator at Anfield.

Merseyside Police said on Saturday that a 47-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offense. He was taken into custody to be interviewed.

Police launched a hate crime investigation after ejecting a 47-year-old spectator from Anfield for his alleged racial abuse of Semenyo, who is Black, on Friday during the Premier League opener.

“Last night at Anfield will stay with me forever — not because of one person’s words, but because of how the entire football family stood together,”

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