Luis Diaz came off the bench to salvage a point for Liverpool with a stoppage-time goal on his Premier League return at Luton.
Diaz’s father remains missing after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, and the forward lifted his shirt to show a message of “freedom for papa” after heading in Harvey Elliott’s cross.
It was a poignant and remarkable conclusion to a contest in which Luton had appeared on course for a deserved first league win of the season at Kenilworth Road and a first victory over the Reds since February 1991.
Substitute Tahith Chong had steered the hosts in front from Issa Kabore’s cross after a superb counter-attack with 10 minutes of the regulation 90 remaining.
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Luton Town
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Squad number24Player nameKaminski
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Squad number15Player nameMengi
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Squad number4Player nameLockyer
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Squad number2Player nameOsho
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Squad number12Player nameKaboré
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Squad number13Player nameNakamba
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Squad number6Player nameBarkley
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Squad number45Player nameDoughty
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Squad number30Player nameTownsend
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Squad number7Player nameOgbene
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Squad number9Player nameMorris
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Squad number11Player nameAdebayo
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Squad number14Player nameChong
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Squad number19Player nameBrown
Liverpool
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Squad number7Player nameDíaz -
Squad number18Player nameGakpo
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Squad number19Player nameElliott
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Squad number21Player nameTsimikas
Line-ups
Luton
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 24Kaminski
- 15Mengi
- 4Lockyer
- 2Osho
- 12Kaboré
- 13NakambaBooked at 44mins
- 6Barkley
- 45Doughty
- 30TownsendSubstituted forChongat 61′minutes
- 7OgbeneSubstituted forBrownat 79′minutes
- 9MorrisSubstituted forAdebayoat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 11Adebayo
- 14Chong
- 17Mpanzu
- 18Clark
- 19Brown
- 23Krul
- 26Giles
- 43Nelson
- 47Luker
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 5Konaté
- 4van Dijk
- 2GomezSubstituted forTsimikasat 67′minutes
- 38GravenberchSubstituted forDíazat 83′minutes
- 10Mac AllisterBooked at 54mins
- 8SzoboszlaiSubstituted forElliottat 66′minutes
- 11Salah
- 9Núñez
- 20JotaSubstituted forGakpoat 66′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Endo
- 7Díaz
- 18Gakpo
- 19Elliott
- 21Tsimikas
- 32Matip
- 50Doak
- 62Kelleher
- 78Quansah
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Attendance:
- 11,049
Live Text
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Match ends, Luton Town 1, Liverpool 1.
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Second Half ends, Luton Town 1, Liverpool 1.
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Attempt saved. Issa Kaboré (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Hand ball by Tahith Chong (Luton Town).
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Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
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Tahith Chong (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Goal! Luton Town 1, Liverpool 1. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a cross.
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Offside, Luton Town. Jacob Brown tries a through ball, but Elijah Adebayo is caught offside.
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Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.
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Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Issa Kaboré (Luton Town).
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Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
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Issa Kaboré (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Issa Kaboré.
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Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ross Barkley (Luton Town).
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Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
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Jacob Brown (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
