Luton Town 1-1 Liverpool: Luis Diaz's emotional late equaliser denies Luton momentous victory

Luis Diaz came off the bench to score an emotional late equaliser for Liverpool against struggling Luton Town in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.

The 26-year-old dropped out of Liverpool's game last weekend after his parents were kidnapped by armed men in Colombia, but he asked to be reinstated and manager Jurgen Klopp sent him on with the visitors trailing 1-0.

In the fifth minute of added time, Diaz leapt to meet a Harvey Elliott cross, before revealing an undershirt that read "Freedom For Dad."

After previously freeing his mother, a Colombian guerrilla movement has stated that they will release his father.

"A wonderful moment but it doesn't change the situation. Most important thing is that his father gets released," said Klopp. "It is wonderful he wanted to be here. For us a super important goal and for him very important and emotional, but that's it."

On the back foot for most of the game, promoted Luton Town took a shock lead in the 80th minute when Ross Barkley drove forward to release Issa Kabore, who passed for Tahith Chong to slide the ball past Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson.

That sent fans into a frenzy in the quaint and raucous Kenilworth Road stadium, which has a capacity of just over 11,000, and had them dreaming of a first league home win of the season and a first victory over the Reds since February 1991.

Liverpool dominated possession and could have won if Darwin Nunez had not missed several chances.

The Uruguayan saw a powerful shot hit the crossbar, another sting the gloves of Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski, and skied one close-range chance over, though an offside flag saved him some embarrassment.

That left strike partner Diaz to grab emotional headlines with his last-ditch goal, which appeared to go in off his shoulder.

Liverpool now sits third with 24 points, three behind leaders Manchester City. Luton Town moved out of the relegation zone,17th with six points, two off the bottom.

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