Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo has thanked his teammates, Liverpool’s players and the soccer community as a whole for the “overwhelming messages of support” he received after reporting that he was racially abused by a fan during the Premier League’s season opener at Anfield.

Semenyo was targeted with racist abuse by a man in the crowd during the first half. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The opening match of the new season was paused in the first-half after Semenyo reported an alleged incident of racist abuse.

The Premier League has said it will launch a full investigation after Liverpool 's curtain-raiser against Bournemouth at Anfield was halted when visiting forward Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator.