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October 2015. Liverpool are leading 1-0 at home to Southampton in one of Jürgen Klopp's first games in charge since taking over from Brendan Rodgers; Christian Benteke has given the Reds the lead with a header from a corner after 77 minutes of play have elapsed.

With three minutes remaining, a free-kick is curled into the Anfield Road penalty area. It bypasses Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk but lands squarely on the head of his colleague Jose Fonte. Fonte directs it towards the far post, and the ball is scrambled over the line by an attacker who reaches it ahead of Simon Mignolet. On his first appearance at Anfield, Sadio Mané wheels away in celebration, having a salvaged a point for his team.

Nobody knew it at the time, but that match and that goal were the beginning of an incredible run for Mané. The Senegal captain joined Liverpool the following summer, in July 2016. Three-and-a-half years later, Mané still hasn't lost a league game at Anfield.

That incredible record currently stands at 52 matches, including that outing for Southampton. Mané has played 51 Premier League home games for Liverpool, and has either won or drawn every single one of them. The club has lost twice at Anfield in the Premier League since he arrived, against Swansea City and Crystal Palace in2017, but Mané's international commitments meant he wasn't part of the matchday squad for the visit of Swansea, while his season had ended through injury against Palace.

Intriguingly, Mané has not missed a league match at Anfield through injury or suspension since way back in October 2017, when a hamstring strain caused him to sit out a game the Reds won 3-0 against Huddersfield Town. The only matches he hasn't featured in since then have been choices at the discretion of Klopp.

Mané is often, and rightly, praised for his goalscoring and technical ability, but his relentless durability is one of the most defining facets of his career to date. Both within individual matches and over the course of a season, Mané possesses the ability to roll with the punches and come out the other side as the victor.

His fitness record is exemplary, and simply put, when Sadio Mané plays at Anfield, Liverpool are unbeatable.