Luis Díaz 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’s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.
After scoring his late goal, Díaz lifted his Liverpool shirt to reveal a message underneath that said: “Libertad para papá” (Freedom for dad).
The Colombia international had missed Liverpool’s past two matches after his mother, Cilenis Marulanda, and father, Luis Manuel Díaz, 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.
