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Luis D\u00edaz made an extraordinary return for Liverpool as he scored a 95th-minute equaliser as his team drew 1-1 with Luton Town in the Premier League on Sunday while awaiting the promised release of his kidnapped father by Colombia\u2019s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.<\/p>\n
After scoring his late goal, D\u00edaz lifted his Liverpool shirt to reveal a message underneath that said: \u201cLIBERTAD PARA PAPA\u201d (Freedom for dad).<\/p>\n
The Colombia international had missed Liverpool\u2019s past two matches after his mother, Cilenis Marulanda, and father, Luis Manuel D\u00edaz, were seized by armed men in northern Colombia. His mother was freed within hours, and the ELN guerrillas said on Thursday that they would free his father.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old was brought on by manager Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool searched for a way back into the game against Premier League strugglers Luton, who had gone ahead shortly before D\u00edaz\u2019s introduction thanks to a goal from Tahith Chong.<\/p>\n
However, just as it seemed as though Liverpool would come away with nothing from a match that they had dominated for the most part, D\u00edaz leaped highest at the back post to meet Harvey Elliott\u2019s cross to head the ball beyond Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski.<\/p>\n
\u201cA wonderful moment, but it doesn\u2019t change the situation. Most important thing is that his father gets released,\u201d Klopp said after the game. \u201cIt is wonderful he wanted to be here. For us a super important goal and for him very important and emotional, but that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew he would be a threat. We didn\u2019t 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 in Colombia.\u201d<\/p>\n
D\u00edaz released a statement in support of his father on social media after the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday the footballer is not speaking to you. Today Lucho D\u00edaz, the son of Luis Manuel D\u00edaz, is speaking to you,\u201d D\u00edaz said in a post on Instagram. \u201cMane, my dad, is a tireless worker, a pillar in the family and he has been kidnapped. I ask the ELN for the prompt release of my father, and I ask international organisations to work together for his freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery second, every minute, our anguish grows. My mother, my brothers and I are desperate, distressed and without words to describe what we are feeling. This suffering will only end when we have him back home. I beg you to release him immediately, respecting his integrity and ending this painful wait as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colombia\u2019s government said Thursday that the ELN was responsible for the weekend kidnapping of the forward\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
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