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Captain Jordan Henderson has saluted the impact of Liverpool new boy Sadio Mane.

The £30million attacker produced an impressive man of the match display in Tuesday night’s 5-0 rout of Burton Albion.

Mane also shone on his debut at Arsenal on the opening weekend before sitting out the tame defeat at Burnley due to a shoulder problem.

“Obviously we missed him at the weekend,” Henderson said.

“We can’t just rely on Sadio but he’s been outstanding for us and he gives us something different.

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“Hopefully he can continue to improve and I’m sure he will and have a big season for us.”

Henderson believes the EFL cup cruise was the perfect response to what happened at Burnley.

“The key to winning was making sure we worked as hard as we possibly could in the game,” he said.

“We were very disappointed at the weekend - everybody, the supporters, the players, everybody involved, so it was important to come here and put on a good performance and get a good result because we’ve got a tough game at the weekend.”

Mane added: “It was important to win and the performance of the team was great. We want to keep going. I want to try to give my best in every game.”