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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has described the equaliser by Luis Diaz at Luton on Sunday as ‘a wonderful moment’, but has called for the release of the player’s father.
Diaz missed the Reds’ win at home to Nottingham Forest last weekend after the news that his parents had been kidnapped in Colombia, but returned as a late substitute at Kenilworth Road on Sunday.
The Colombian came on with Liverpool a goal down with just seven minutes left and saved the Reds’ blushes with a header deep in added time from a Harvey Elliott cross to earn a point for Klopp’s side.
“A wonderful moment but it doesn’t change the situation,” Klopp said after the match. “Most important thing is that his father gets released.”
Although Diaz’s mother was released quickly, his father is still missing, with the Colombian government saying that guerrilla group ELN was responsible and the organisation revealing that he would be released in the coming days.
On Diaz choosing to be involved against Luton, Klopp added: “It is wonderful he wanted to be here. For us a super important goal and for him very important and emotional, but that’s it.
“We knew he would be a threat. We didn’t know how long he would play because he only had a few sessions with the team.
“But that is not the most important part today. He scored the goal but we need to see some improvement [on the situation] in Colombia.”
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