Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool’s players have created a 'safe place' for Luis Diaz and are taking 'motivation' from the 'horrible situation'.
Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool’s players have created a “safe place” for Luis Diaz in the days since his father was kidnapped in Colombia.
The striker was absent for Liverpool’s wins over Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth but marked a sensational return to action by heading in Harvey Elliott’s cross five minutes into stoppage time at Kenilworth Road. Liverpool had looked set to fall to a shock defeat before Diaz’s late intervention, falling behind 10 minutes from time to a goal by Luton substitute Tahith Chong.
“When it happened it was a shock to everyone. We spoke about it and it should give us extra motivation. He doesn’t want us to suffer from what he’s going through, he wants us to take fuel from it.” “I don’t think it was down to the atmosphere,” said Van Dijk. “We had the first chance after half-an-hour. Score that one and it’s a completely different game.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Luis Diaz’s equaliser against Luton Town was “a wonderful moment but it doesn’t change the situation”.Luis Diaz ended an emotional week by coming off the bench to net a last-gasp equaliser for Liverpool to deny Luton Town a memorable win.
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