Here is your Liverpool morning digest for Friday, August 19.
Liverpool announce new deal seven years after surreal press conference
Liverpool announcing the extension of a long-running commercial partnership wouldn't usually garner that much attention in the grand scheme.
But that Nivea Men have agreed to continue partnering with the Reds until the end of the 2025/26 season is notable, and not just because they will have been the club's official men's grooming supplier for more than a decade.
The link-up with Nivea has arguably been the most prominent of all Liverpool 's commercial partnerships given the visible presence on both television and in print. After all, surely everyone has now seen the likes of Roberto Firmino, Trent Alexander-Arnold and James Milner looking after their skin.
And it all started with a first advert that was revealed at Anfield during the initial announcement of the partnership back in February 2015, which prompted quite possibly the most surreal press event the stadium has ever hosted.
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Liverpool finally have new £100m player
While it was most definitely a case of two more points dropped for Liverpool on Monday night at Anfield the tone could have been even more sombre were it not for a moment of magic from Luis Diaz.
As Liverpool were being consistently repelled by Crystal Palace's back five, and having lost Darwin Nunez to a red card for a senseless headbutt on Joachim Andersen in the 57th minute and finding themselves a goal down to Wilfried Zaha's first-half sucker punch, Colombian winger Diaz took it upon himself to conjure an equaliser. The 25-year-old cut in from the left, skipped challenge after challenge from white shirts before rifling an unstoppable effort beyond Vicente Guaita. It gave Anfield a vital lift at a crucial time and provided Liverpool with the energy to attack the game despite their numerical disadvantage. They continued to knock at the door but the winner could not be found.
While a point won't have been part of the plan for Reds boss Jurgen Klopp the performance of his side would normally have been enough to comfortably claim three points. But when the game plan went out of the window early in the second half through the dismissal of Nunez there had to be someone to step forward, and after a subdued first half Diaz displayed his elite credentials and growing stature to be the man to salvage at least something.
Diaz feels like he has been a Liverpool player for a long time, but having only arrived at the club at the very end of the January transfer window from Porto his Liverpool career is barely seven months old. He has endeared himself to Reds fans through his ability, tenacity and work ethic and looks set to be a fixture of the forward line for years to come, another success that can be ticked off in terms of the recruitment process.
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READ NEXT:
- Gary Neville slams 'unforgivable' Anfield change he 'used to laugh at' when Liverpool played Manchester United
- 'No one does that' - Rio Ferdinand caught lying about Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk
- Manchester United training hints at two missing key players and new midfield for Liverpool
- Matheus Nunes reveals reason why he picked Wolves after Liverpool transfer links
- Jurgen Klopp has already explained how Liverpool would respond if Naby Keita rumours came true
