Sadio Mane outdone by Xherdan Shaqiri and Emre Can despite stunning Liverpool goal

With the honourable exception of the diving header, there are few more beautiful sights in football then a bicycle kick goal.

Anfield was treated to a perfectly executed one on Saturday afternoon, when Sadio Mane pulled Liverpool level against Norwich City courtesy of a textbook acrobatic strike that had the stadium roaring with delight.

Still buzzing from his Africa Cup of Nations triumph, Liverpool's number 10 found space in the penalty area before meeting Kostas Tsimikas' headed cross with an outstanding finish at the Kop end.

It was a goal to cherish, but Mane is not the only Liverpool player to perfect the wonder of the overhead kick.

And while his strike could prove to be hugely important as the season goes on, Sadio has arguably been outdone by a couple of ex-Reds in the spectacular stakes.

Here we look back on five of the best in Liverpool folklore...

No longer a flying winger, John Barnes' had converted himself into a central midfield player by the time Roy Evans' side came up against Kenny Dalglish's title-chasing Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

The champions-elect would go on to win the contest 3-2 but not before 'Digger' produced the moment of the match with a sublime overhead kick that was described by legendary commentator Barry Davies as: "One for the scrap book".

Barnes scored 108 goals for Liverpool, many of them stunners, but this was up there with his very best.

Crowd favourite Crouch failed to score in any of his first 19 matches for Liverpool after signing from Southampton for a fee of £7million, so supporters could be forgiven for assuming that the 6ft 7" striker didn't have an acrobatic goal in him.

But when the Reds came up against Turkish side Galatasaray in a Champions League Group stage match