Every team in world would miss Sadio Mane, says Juergen Klopp after dismantling of Tottenham
Liverpool boss believes every team in the world would suffer without winger after the Senegalese star marks his return with both goals in 2-0 win
Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp believes every team in the world would suffer without Sadio Mane after the Senegalese star marked his return with both goals in the 2-0 win over Tottenham.
Mane, back from a month on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, scored in a devastating first half performance at Anfield as Liverpool won their first Premier League match on 2017.
“You need somebody on the end who scores and he did fantastically well,” said Klopp. “He could have scored a third one.
Mane netted twice in three first-half minutes as Klopp’s team ended Spurs’ nine-game unbeaten run.
Klopp now hopes an enforced 16-day lay-off will allow his team to recover from their poor start to 2017 although he refused to entertain the possibility of catching runaway league leaders Chelsea who still have a 10-point lead on his team.