The Colombian attacker has had to deal with the kidnap of his father, but he showed supreme mental strength to spare his side’s blushes.

Liverpool left it late to salvage a 1-1 draw at Luton Town as Luis Diaz scored an emotional equaliser at Kenilworth Road.

Liverpool failed to convert 23 attempts, as Darwin Nunez endured a night to forget that was capped off by an open-goal miss.

It looked like Luton had made the visitors pay the price for wasteful finishing when former Manchester United youth player Tahith Chong finished off a sharp counter-attack with 10 minutes remaining.

That goal cued Luis Diaz’s introduction off the bench, and in the fifth minute of injury time he repaid his manager’s faith by heading home Harvey Elliott’s cross. He celebrated by revealing his undershirt with the message “Freedom for papa”, in reference to the kidnapping of his father in Colombia.

GOAL rates Liverpool’s players from Kenilworth Road…

Goalkeeper & Defence

Alisson Becker (6/10):

Had a quiet first half but commanded his area well to collect crosses in the second. Could do nothing about Luton goal.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (7/10):

Once again dazzled with passing vision and technique, and was unlucky not to get an assist when Darwin smacked the crossbar after latching onto his superb through ball. Struggled to contain Chiedozie Ogbene.

Ibrahima Konate (6/10):

Made a few silly fouls in the first half but escaped a booking. Went close with a late header.

Virgil van Dijk (6/10):

Little to do defensively and made himself a nuisance attacking set-pieces. Caught up the pitch when Luton countered and scored.

Joe Gomez (6/10):

Didn’t really put a foot wrong but contributed little in attack. Withdrawn for Tsimikas with 25 minutes left.

Midfield

Ryan Gravenberch (6/10):

Enjoyed a few bright moments of link-up play but struggled to create much in the channels.

Alexis Mac Allister (6/10):

Like Gravenberch, he failed to have much impact on proceedings in the centre of midfield.

Dominik Szoboszlai (6/10):

Not put under much pressure by Luton but struggled to assert himself. Produced a couple of good free-kick deliveries.

Attack

Mohamed Salah (6/10):

Unusually quiet night but created a few chances in the second half. Just his presence sends defenders into panic.

Darwin Nunez (7/10):

Should have continued his scoring run but missed open goal out after Salah knockdown. Forced good saves out of Kaminski. Build-up play needs work.

Diogo Jota (6/10):

Should have scored in the first half but shot too close to Kaminski. Struggled to have much impact thereafter.

Subs & Manager

Cody Gakpo (6/10):

Couldn’t sort his feet out when Elliott’s cross found him unmarked six yards out. Should have scored.

Harvey Elliott (7/10):

Made a positive impact off the bench and provided a great cross for Diaz’s equaliser.

Kostas Tsimikas (6/10):

Provided more attacking impetus down the left flank than Gomez.

Luis Diaz (7/10):

Showed great mental strength to overcome his family situation and equalise with a brilliant header.

Jurgen Klopp (6/10):

Offensive substitutions made sense but left his side vulnerable to counter-attacks. Good call to bring on Diaz.