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

Antoine Semenyo said ‘football showed its best side’ as he received widespread messages of support after being subject to racist abuse during Bournemouth’s season opener.

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