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Jurgen Klopp has revealed how a heart-to-heart with Sadio Mane helped the Liverpool winger rediscover his mojo.

The Reds boss believes the Senegal international is back to his brilliant best ahead of Monday night's showdown with struggling Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.

Mane's confidence dipped after he was guilty of a costly miss in last month's Merseyside derby and his contribution waned.

However, Klopp has worked with him to restore that belief and Mane made it two goals in three outings with a stunning finish in last weekend's win over Manchester City.

“Of course we had talks,” Klopp said.

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“I cannot tell you what I told the player in a one-to-one meeting, but it was about what he did so far.

“Good, good, good, good, good. One or two things not that good, but the rest good. So let's build on that and ignore the rest. That is how life is.

“You cannot think all the time about your mistakes because that makes no sense. You cannot forget all the good things.

“We are all a bit like that and sometimes people need help to realise again the good situation.

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“He is in a fantastic situation where everyone loves him in the club. But he played from here and not from here (the heart and not the head) and nothing really worked out in the end.”

Klopp admits it took Mane time to get over the mistake he made against Everton.

Last season's Player of the Year had team-mates queuing up for a tap-in but went for glory and dragged his shot wide. Everton capitalised on that let-off by rescuing a point.

“I like to be honest and I don’t want to say Sadio was brilliant when he wasn’t,” Klopp said.

“Everyone could see that he struggled a bit here, it didn’t look like it was too easy for him.

“After the Everton game when he didn’t pass the ball, everybody made a big criticism of him.

“I didn’t mention it to be honest. I didn’t mention it at half-time, I didn’t mention it after the game, it was not mentioned in any meeting because I saw in Sadio’s eyes that if he could turn the clock backwards he would do it.

“At that moment he was convinced he would score, he was a striker and a striker has to make a decision. I want him to make these decisions, but sometimes you have to accept that these decisions are wrong.

“I accept it, you have to accept it as well. As long as you don’t do the same in the next 20 similar situations so that people start thinking: ‘What's that about?’

“You cannot play football without mistakes. He didn’t want to do it. Now he is completely different again.”

Klopp believes the turning point for Mane came at Turf Moor on New Year's Day.

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He had endured a frustrating afternoon against Burnley but he brought a scrappy contest to life when he turned 20 yards out and hammered an unstoppable left-footer beyond Nick Pope.

“At Burnley he scored a fantastic goal but it was not a world class game of Sadio,” Klopp said.

“Since then it has clicked and he is now really back. He works hard, he protects the ball pretty well, no risky dribbling, and he is a world class player.

“The two goals he scored (against Burnley and Man City), I don’t know a lot of players who could have scored these goals.”

A year ago Liverpool were heavily reliant on Mane and their form slumped during his time away at the Africa Cup of Nations.

This season his influence hasn't been as significant with 24-goal top scorer Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino leading the charge.

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Mane's recent resurgence - taking his tally for the season to nine goals - has been timely as it has coincided with Philippe Coutinho's departure to Barcelona.

“It had nothing to do with Phil, but because we have players of this quality in the squad we don’t need to talk about Phil,” Klopp insisted.

“Sadio is one of the players who, for sure, can fill this gap if you want, if there was a gap.

“But only when he is a good moment. Now he is in a good moment again and I am really happy about that because it helps us a lot.”

Liverpool head for Swansea looking to record a sixth successive win for the first time during Klopp's reign.

If they make it 19 games without defeat it will be the club's longest unbeaten run for more than 21 years.