Liverpool fought for D\u00edaz in win after father’s kidnapping – Klopp\u060c<\/p>\n
Liverpool were fighting for “brother” Luis D\u00edaz during the team’s 3-0 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Sunday, manager Jurgen Klopp said, as Colombian authorities search for Diaz’s kidnapped father .<\/p>\n
Kidnappers tried to arrest both of D\u00edaz’s parents near their home in Colombia on Saturday, but his mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was rescued, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said. The authorities try to save Diaz’s father.<\/p>\n
The striker was missing from Liverpool’s squad against Nottingham Forest following the incident.<\/p>\n
Klopp told reporters the Colombia international wanted to return home, but he did not say whether he would.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to make the game bigger than it was but it definitely was, we tried to help Lucho [Luis D\u00edaz] with the fight we had,” Klopp said.<\/p>\n