India, Aug. 16 -- A fan was identified and removed from Anfield on Friday for racially abusing Antoine Semenyo during Bournemouth's 2-4 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League 2025-26 season opener. The Bournemouth attacker dealt with the incident in the first half. The match was paused by referee Anthony Taylor in the 29th minute after Semenyo reported that he faced racial abuse from a fan in the stands.

Taylor discussed with both managers, Arne Slot and Andoni Iraola, on the touchline, and also with skippers Virgil van Dijk and Adam Smith.

Meanwhile, Semenyo also reacted to the incident on his Instagram story, where he put a string of monkey emojis posted by one on one of his posts, and captioned it as, "When will it stop?"

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