Jurgen Klopp delivers emotional Luis Diaz tribute as forward misses Liverpool win following parents' kidnapping
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Luis Diaz after he misses 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest following shocking news of parents' kidnapping: «The best thing we could do for our brother was win the game and maybe distract him a little bit. All the rest was super-negative.»
Sunday 29 October 2023 18:18, UK
Jurgen Klopp delivered an emotional tribute to the absent Luis Diaz after Liverpool's win over Nottingham Forest which the forward missed due to his parents' kidnapping.
Klopp called the afternoon the «most difficult circumstance» he had ever worked in after the news broke overnight on Sunday that both Diaz's parents had been kidnapped in his native Colombia.
The player's mother has since been released, but his father remains missing.
Diaz had been due to start the game at Anfield and was replaced in the Liverpool line-up by Diogo Jota, who held up a 'Diaz 7' shirt after scoring the opener in their 3-0 win.
«We played in the most difficult circumstance I've ever had,» Klopp told Sky Sports. «It was a really difficult day, which ended with a good result.
»The best thing we could do for our brother was that we win the game and distract him a little bit maybe, all the rest was super special in the most negative understanding. After more than 1,000 games you would think you have experienced everything, but no.
«But it's not about us, it's about 'Lucho' and his family, and we all pray and hope that everything will be fine. What we can do, we will do, we've done already in the club and the only thing we could do today was fight for their brother — and that's what they did.»
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He later added in his press conference: «How can you make a football game important on a day
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