Sadio Mane proves Jurgen Klopp's point even as relentless Liverpool fall short

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At times, he can become something of a forgotten Mane.

How much airtime, for example, is taken up with debate about Sadio’s contract situation compared to the hours given to Mohamed Salah’s position?

After all, their current agreements end at the same time, the summer of 2023.

You suspect Jurgen Klopp’s keenness to get two new deals sorted will not vary in strength.

Despite Salah’s statistical superiority, Klopp probably considers the Senegal forward as equally important.

One thing is for sure, there is unlikely to be as important a Liverpool Premier League goal as the one helped home by Mane in the first half of a win that turns the pressure dial ahead of Manchester City ’s local clash on Sunday.

Because somehow, it gave Jurgen Klopp’s team victory in a match that featured two glaring West Ham misses and several squandered Hammers half-chances.

Liverpool dominated possession and had more goal attempts but there is no disguising the fact that they got away with one here.

And let’s face it, David Moyes is never going to win at Anfield, is he?

Not when Pablo Fornals and Manuel Lanzini decide to pass up gilded goal invitations.

But some would probably still argue, with some justification, that Liverpool were the more threatening side in a match that was preceded by another poignant demonstration of unity with Ukraine.

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