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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nLiverpool were fighting for their \u201cbrother\u201d Luis D\u00edaz in the team\u2019s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League at Anfield on Sunday, manager Jurgen Klopp said, as authorities in Colombia search for D\u00edaz\u2019s kidnapped father.<\/p>\n
Kidnappers tried to seize both of D\u00edaz\u2019s parents near their home in Colombia on Saturday but his mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was rescued, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said. Authorities are trying to rescue Diaz\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
The forward was absent from Liverpool\u2019s squad against Nottingham Forest following the incident.<\/p>\n
Klopp told reporters that the Colombia international wanted to go home but he did not say if he would.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to make the game bigger than it was but it was definitely, we tried to help Lucho [Luis D\u00edaz] with the fight we put in,\u201d Klopp said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, we want to help but we cannot really help so the only thing we can do is fight for him and that\u2019s what the boys did.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Liverpool boss added that his team fought for their \u201cbrother\u201d in the difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best thing we could do is win the game for our brother,\u201d Klopp told reporters. \u201cWe played the game in the most difficult circumstances I\u2019ve ever had. After more than 1,000 games [as a manager] you would think you\u2019ve experienced everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s not about us. We all pray that everything will be fine. The only thing we could do is fight for our brother and that\u2019s what they [the players] did. The boys fought for their brother.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can you make a football game really important on a day like this? It\u2019s really difficult. I never struggled with that in my life. It was always my safe place, sometimes my hiding point as a player or as a coach. You are allowed, during these 90-odd minutes, to focus just on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool forward Diogo Jota held up D\u00edaz\u2019s No. 7 shirt to show support for him after scoring the first goal of the match as Klopp\u2019s team stayed fourth in the table with 23 points from 10 games.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the BBC after the match, Jota said that he held up D\u00edaz\u2019s shirt \u201cto show we\u2019re with him\u201d in an \u201cunimaginable situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLuis was with us in the hotel [before the game] then he went home,\u201d Jota said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was going to play. I played instead of him and I showed him his shirt to show we\u2019re with him and we hope everything works out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colombia\u2019s all-time top scorer Radamel Falcao expressed his solidarity with his compatriot as the search for D\u00edaz\u2019s father continues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are with you Luis,\u201d Falcao posted on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n
The Colombia Football Federation has appealed to the kidnappers to release the father of the 43-time international.<\/p>\n
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