Sadio Mane is without a doubt one of the best players to emerge under Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

He had it all. Mane was rapid, strong, technically sound, clinical and just the worst matchup you could ask for as a right-back. Some would even argue that the Senegal star, at his peak, was even more devastating than Mohamed Salah.

Whatever the case, those two thrived together at Anfield alongside Bobby Firmino, but there was something about the polished nature of Mane’s game that has stuck with Klopp all these years.

He discussed his former star forward with Peter Crouch.

Klopp knows as well as anyone that Liverpool’s success while he was at the helm wouldn’t have been possible without the contributions of a front three that are right up there with the best we’ve seen in the Premier League.

Firmino was the middle-man, the connector, the enabler of the two wide men. Salah was Mr. Consistency, always sniffing for a goal and coming up with the goods more often than not.

Mane was...