Sadio Mane was the star of the show last night as Liverpool recorded a stunning 3-1 win over Bayern Munich to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League with the Senegalese bagging a brace.
But it was his first that had everyone talking as he controlled a Virgil van Dijk long ball with a sublime touch that took Rafinha out of the equation and left on-rushing keeper Manuel Neuer stranded, before delicately chipping the ball over Mats Hummels and Niklas Suele and into the net.
The Senegal international also headed in Liverpool’s third of the night for his 10th goal in as many games in all competitions for the Merseyside club after Van Dijk had netted their second on 69 minutes.
And Klopp couldn’t help but praise his star man after the match that could see some big celebrations come May.
“I’ll sing my own song about him if necessary – his quality and importance is so obvious I don’t have to speak about it” Jurgen Klopp on Sadio Mane
“I’ll sing my own song about him if necessary – his quality and importance is so obvious I don’t have to speak about it!” said Klopp.
Mane already has his own catchy, popular song among the Anfield faithful but fans are getting excited already about what Klopp could have lined up.
Praise for Mane came after several key talking points from the match in Germany, including:
– Shocking pictures of Georginio Wijnaldum being STAMPED on
– James Milner showing his CLASS at full-time by consoling one star
– This EPIC rendition of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by Reds fans
“Scenes when Klopp belts out a ballard and it goes to No 1 in the charts,” said one fan.
“Top of the Klopps,” added another.
“Klopp really loves Mane. The fact that he wanted him since he was manager of Dortmund tells you everything,” said a third.
One fan backed the plans, saying: “Really needs a better song than just ‘oh Mane Mane’”.
“Even the boss is saying, why the fuck we ain’t got a decent song for Mane yet,” added another.
“You Can’t Stop the Beat” – Jurgen Klopp CH△MPIONS remix incoming May 2019,” joked one supporter.
With Mohamed Salah struggling to replicate his goal-scoring feats of last season, Mane has stepped up a gear.