Overview

• Merseyside Police said a 47-year-old from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and released on conditional bail that bars him from any regulated football match in the UK and from being within one mile of a designated stadium.
• Referee Anthony Taylor halted the Liverpool–Bournemouth match in the 29th minute after Semenyo reported abuse, and a spectator was removed from Anfield.
• Bournemouth is arranging Professional Footballers’ Association support for Semenyo following the incident, according to The Times.
• Semenyo later thanked teammates, Liverpool players and fans for their support and played the full match, scoring twice in Bournemouth’s 4-2 defeat.
• One tabloid named an alleged suspect, while police statements have identified only an unnamed 47-year-old man.