Merseyside Police said on Saturday that a 47-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offense.

Antoine Semenyo said the response to his report of racist abuse from a Liverpool fan showed football at its best.

"We take incidents like this very seriously, and in cases like this we will be proactively seeking football banning orders, with the club, against those responsible," said chief inspector Kev Chatter...