A 47-year-old man from Liverpool was released on bail after his arrest after Bournemouth attacker Antoine Semenyo reported that she was racially abused during the first match of the Premier League season, said Merseyside's police.
The man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order infringement and was taken in custody to be interviewed.
Since then he has been released on a conditional bail, with the course of events, the MerseSide police told Sky Sports News.
As part of his bailing conditions, the man cannot attend a regulated football match in the UK and not go within a mile of a designated football stadium.
Semenyo reported racially abused by a spectator of referee Anthony Taylor, who stopped playing on Friday in the 29th minute and a 47-year-old man was shed from Anfield.
Semenyo was also subject to racist abuse on Instagram on Friday evening. The 25-year-old shared part of the abuse on his story, with the caption: “When will it stop?”
Meta told Sky Sports News that it was investigating. It is, however, understood that the company removes comments for social media and eliminate the offensive accounts.
Semenyo said that the answer to the football incident showed at its best “when it mattered the most”. The incident was strongly convicted by representatives of both teams, while the Premier League said it will start a full investigation.
Semenyo, who wrote on social media on social media, who scored two goals before Liverpool claimed a 4-2 victory, said: “Last night at Anfield will stay with me forever – not because of the words of one person, but because of how the entire football family stood together.
“To my Bournemouth teammates who supported me at that time, to the Liverpool players and fans who showed their true character, thanks to the Premier League officials who have dealt with professionally -thanked his best side when it mattered the most.
“The scoring of those two goals felt like speaking the only language that is really important on the field. This is why I play – for moments like this, for my teammates, for everyone who believes in what this wonderful game can be.
“The overwhelming support for support from the entire football world reminds me why I love this sport. We keep moving forward together.”
In a statement that was released on Sunday, Kick It Out said: “It has been a depressing start of the season because racist incidents quickly accumulate. Although this may seem symptomatic to the current climate at the moment, clubs have shown this week that there is no tolerance for this kind of behavior.
“But that is only made clear when authorities move quickly and decisively to call offenders to account. Football must remain steadfast in the emergence of every incident of discrimination this season and be transparent about his collective actions, so that everyone can see how effectively this is tackled.”
How match was stopped after incident
Liverpool -Baas Arne Slot and Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola were spoken by referee Taylor when the incident took place in Anfield, causing the game to be paused.
“I was told through the Premier League Match Center that Antoine Semenyo was the subject of a racist comment from the crowd,” said Peter Drury of Sky Sports at that time on comment.
Sky Sports 'Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher called the incident' despicable ', in which Neville said:' It overshadows what a great night should be; the first day of the Premier League season, a wonderful day, and that boy has [reported being] racially abused.
“It is despicable. However, it has happened. It will continue to happen. It is a regrettable state.”
Van Dijk's support for Semenyo
Liverpool -captain Virgil van Dijk believes that football should continue to try to teach the next generation about racism.
“The only thing we can do is deal with it by handling him personally and trying to train the next generation,” said Van Dijk. “In my opinion, that is the only way to kick it out.
“I can't believe it. These things should not happen, but unfortunately it is and it is an absolute shame in my eyes.
“First and foremost, these things should never happen in the world, not only football. But in general, racism is not of this world in my opinion, but if we want to be realistic, it still still exists and that is the painful side of it.
“We have to deal with it in the here and now.”
Van Dijk offered support from Semenyo words and added: “I am here for Antoine, when he needs it and we are here as a club to deal with it in the best possible way, because it should not happen.
“But we are completely with him.”
The Merseyside police said after the game: “The police of Merseyside will not tolerate hate crime of any form. We take this kind of incidents very seriously, and in such cases we will be proactively looking for football that prohibits orders, with the club, against the responsible person.”
The incident came two days after Tottenham's Mathys count received racist abuse after missing a penalty in the Super Cup defeat on his side against Paris Saint-Germain.