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.

Soccer fans react after Antoine Semenyo was allegedly subjected to racial abuse during Friday's Liverpool-Bournemouth EPL opener at Anfield.

Liverpool’s opening win over Bournemouth was marred by an incident of racist abuse which brought the game to a halt