Liverpool were fighting for Luis Diaz, according to Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised his side for “fighting” for Luis Diaz during Sunday’s Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.
Reds fans woke up this morning to the shock news that the striker’s parents have been kidnapped in Colombia and he has been left out of the squad to face the Tricky Tries. Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media that Diaz’s mother had been rescued but his father was still missing and authorities offered a £40,000 reward for information. In Diaz’s absence, Diogo Jota, Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah scored routine wins for Steve Cooper’s side, who lifted his team-mate’s shirt after a first-half stalemate.Naturally, Klopp was asked about the current situation in his post-match press conference, and the German confirmed that Diaz’s mother had been found safe, but that it was “absolutely impossible” to focus on the action on the pitch. advertisement”I heard that story last night. Then I talked to Lucho.
He wants to go home, he’s got people with him, he’s got people dealing with him, he’s got family there, so he wants to be together.” . It’s clear,” said Klopp.“Then I heard good news from [his] mother, but I heard nothing after that. They are clearly trying. By some distance we are certainly not the first to receive information, but we are trying to get as much information as possible, but we do not want to interfere in any way. [We] are not the important people there. We just want to support. This is. Yeah, well, it’s a really good game and I can answer the questions right away anyway, but the training was the hardest I’ve ever had in my life. I didn’t expect it, I wasn’t ready for it, I didn’t want to make the game bigger than it is, but of course it happened.
We tried to help Lucho fight. Because obviously we wanted to help but we couldn’t really help ourselves so it was just a matter of fighting for Lucho and that’s what the guys did. Yes, how do you play a football? Is the game really that important on days like these? It’s really difficult. I have never struggled with this in my life. It was always a safe place and sometimes a hiding place for me. As a player and a coach, you’re only allowed to focus on that for 90 minutes and that’s not possible. It is absolutely impossible to do that.“It was clear we needed to add more flair to the game and he fought for Lucho and the players took their shirts off.
To be honest, I wasn’t 100% ready for it. It was really impressive and beautiful. Yes Yes.Early on, Liverpool struggled to break down Forest’s five-man back line, but Jota scored an open goal after Nunez was brought down and the Reds wasted several chances to extend their lead. But consistent play down the right from Salah and Dominik Soboslay ended when Nunes’ shot flew over the bar before Matt Turner met Soboslay’s long pass high up the pitch and sent it horribly wide. . Salah was allowed to score.Cody Gakpo also missed Liverpool’s third win, but Klopp believes there is still “a lot” of room for improvement in the coming games. “Yes, I told the players after the game, the best thing you can say after a game like this is that we played very well and there is a lot of room for improvement.
” Klopp added:”But this is also clear: the goal was fantastic, the patience we showed, the fluidity of many moments on the ball, the many moments, the creativity, the cooperation in the way we communicated with each other was really great.”Liverpool will now return to action in the FA Cup fourth round against Bournemouth on Wednesday before taking on Luton Town at Kenilworth Road in the Premier League on November 5.
