Sevilla coach Eduardo Berizzo told players of cancer diagnosis during Liverpool match

Updated 22/11/2017 at 09:17 GMT

Sevilla coach Eduard Berizzo told his players he is suffering from prostate cancer at half-time of the Champions League match against Liverpool, before his team came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3.

Eduardo Berizzo, nouvel entraîneur du FC Séville

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When Guido Pizarro scored an injury-time goal to equalise for the home side, the club's players ran to celebrate with their coach, and the club later confirmed a prostate cancer diagnosis after the match.

A club statement read: "The medical services of Sevilla FC report that the coach of the first team, Eduardo Berizzo, has been diagnosed with an adenocarcinoma (malignant tumour) of the prostate.

"The future examinations will allow us to decide which are the steps to follow regarding the treatment."

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Liverpool took a 3-0 lead at half-time, but the Sevilla players were told of Berizzo's diagnosis which appears to have spurred them on to claim a point with a dramatic comeback.

After the match, midfielder Ever Banega told reporters: "We had to come out (after being 3-0 down at the break) with a different attitude, for the fans, who have always supported us, and also the coach, who has reversed our situation.