Police make arrest as Manchester City players face racist abuse at Everton
Merseyside Police arrested a 71-year-old man at Hill Dickinson Stadium on suspicion of a racially aggravated offense during Everton's match against Manchester City.
Manchester City has "strongly condemned" racist abuse directed at winger Antoine Semenyo during a 3-3 draw with Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool, and Merseyside Police confirmed they have arrested one suspected offender. Additional, City said, defender Marc Guéhi, was subject to racist abuse online in the aftermath of the game, which saw City's Premier League title hopes dented and Arsenal take control of its destiny in the race to the title. "Manchester City strongly condemns the racist abuse directed towards Antoine Semenyo at yesterday’s match," the statement read.
"We welcome the swift action taken by Everton and the police to identify the individual responsible. "We are also incredibly disappointed to hear that Marc Guéhi was subject to a series of vile racist social media posts last night. We will continue to offer our full support to both Antoine and Marc and never accept discrimination of any kind in our game.
" Who was arrested for racist abuse at Hill Dickinson Stadium? Police in Merseyside, the county where Everton calls home, said in a May 5 statement that, "A 71-year-old man from Nottinghamshire was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence after supporters and stewards reported that racist abuse was shouted by a fan. " He has been bailed with conditions, among the conditions that he not go within a mile of a stadium four hours before, after or during a planned sporting event.
Everton moved to the 52,769-capacity stadium at the start of this season, and Everton has one match remaining at the venue this season, a May 17 home date with Sunderland. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Man City condemns racist abuse at Everton as police arrest one