Luton Town vs Liverpool: 1-1
Luis Diaz was the hero who avoided Liverpool's defeat to Luton Town. His goal in injury time made the game complete, with the result, "Luton Town Vs Liverpool:1-1".
In the match week 11 of the English League at Kenilworth Road Stadium, Sunday (11/05/2023) 4.30 p.m. GMT local time, Luton was able to trouble Liverpool with his defensive play.
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Liverpool, who dominated the game, fell behind first by Tahith Chong's goal in the 80th minute. Diaz saved a point for his team thanks to a goal in the 95th minute.
Liverpool failed to stick to Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table, having been stuck in fourth position with 24 points, three points difference. Luton are in 17th place with six points.
The course of the match "Luton Town vs Liverpool"
Just five minutes into the game, Luton and Liverpool can already create chances with each other. Luton threatened first through Ross Barkley's fifth-minute strike that was right on Alisson Becker's catch.
Shortly thereafter, Liverpool hit back through Darwin Nunez who stabbed in from the right flank and unleashed a curling shot that Thomas Kaminski was able to parry.
Nunez had another chance to score in the 13th minute when he received a rebound pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold. Nunez got the ball in the box and beat his keeper, but not with the crossbar.
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It was Nunez's fourth chance of the season to hit the net, double that of any other player.
Liverpool continued to pound Luton but they struggled to dismantle a solid home defence. One more chance was obtained by Liverpool in the 33rd minute.
Ryan Gravenberch brought the ball close to the Luton box before passing to Jota, who aimed at the near post but was parried by Kaminski.
No goals were scored until halftime.
Entering in the second half, Liverpool still dominated the game and continued to try to find openings to get goals. But, their efforts were in vain as it was difficult to penetrate the host's defense.
Liverpool's goal came close in the 65th minute when a mistake at the back allowed Chiedozie Ogbene to easily stab in from the left side. The ball was given to Carlton Morris who kicked directly from close range, which Alisson was able to clear.
Cody Gakpo, Harvey Elliott, and Kostas Tsimikas were brought on for more than an hour, to raise the intensity of the attack.
Gakpo would have almost scored in the 68th minute had he snatched Elliott's cross perfectly. But the ball fell behind him instead.
Two minutes later it was Nunez's turn to waste a chance when he got on the end of a header from Mo Salah at the far post. Unfortunately, Nunez's kick from close range even floated.
Nunez got a through pass from Salah in the 72nd minute and headed into the corner of the net that Kaminski could clear.
Attacking fun, Liverpool's goal was even broken in the 80th minute. From the situation in the Luton penalty area, their defense was open so Ross Barkley was able to dribble the ball through a counterattack.
Barkley moved the ball to Issa Kabore on the right side who immediately sent a pull pass, for Tahit Chong to finish in front of Alisson's goal.
Left behind, Liverpool are increasingly eager to attack Luton. The result was only obtained in the 95th minute when substitute Luis Diaz equalized the score 1-1.
Elliott's cross from the right side was headed towards the far post and Diaz beat Kabore in an aerial duel, before heading the ball into the net.
Until the Luton Town Vs Liverpool match was completed, the score of 1-1 remained.
"Luton Town vs Liverpool" line-up
Luton Town: Thomas Kaminski; Gabriel Osho, Tom Lockyer, Teden Wheezing; Issa Kabore, Ross Barkley, Marvelous Nakamba, Andros Townsend (Tahith Chong 61'), Alfie Doughty; Carlton Morris (Elijah Adebayo 75'), Chiedozie Ogbene (Jacob Brown 79').
Liverpool: Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez (Kostas Tsimikas 67'); Ryan Gravenberch (Luis Diaz 83'), Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai (Harvey Elliott 66'); Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota (Cody Gakpo 66').