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22nd August 2017
04:56pm BST

Mane scored the winning goal against Crystal Palace on Saturday, and it was put to Carragher that the Senegalese forward has become Klopp's most important player.
"I'd make an argument for that, especially with the way Jurgen Klopp likes to play. I think he's massively important," the former Liverpool defender said.
"You see the goals that he's got and his goals record for a wide player is phenomenal since he's come to the club. All the other players on the list are top strikers in the Premier League. For Mane to be there - it shows his impact."The list Carragher referred to was the players with the best minutes per goal ratio in the Premier League over the past two years. The former Southampton forward is among the top players for this statistic, despite being a wide forward, rather than a striker.
In 27 appearances last season, Mane scored 13 goals and recorded five assists. Liverpool's worst spell coincided with with Mane's absence as he competed in the African Nations Cup.
There was no replacement with the pace and dynamism to match the 25-year-old and Klopp seems to have tried to lessen the reliance on Mane with the signing of Mo Salah.
"If you compare him to Coutinho, who is a fantastic player which is why Barcelona want him, but if he carries on the way he is going, the top clubs around Europe will be looking at him because he has been a revelation since he came in," Carragher said.
The former Liverpool defender also expects Coutinho to remain at Anfield, and said that Liverpool "were never going to sell him" at this stage in the transfer window.
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"I said a few weeks ago that they can’t sell him, but the problem is it becomes more political rather than the business of it," Carragher said.
"Liverpool have had such a poor window, they couldn't be seen to be letting go of him. Now if Liverpool three big targets of Virgil van Dijk, Naby Keita and Mo Salah had all come in the door, it may have been easier to prise him away. Even a supporter might have thought, '£120m for Coutinho?', with the ability to go and spend that with a few weeks of the season to go. But they were never going to sell him because of the fact they had not bought enough players in."It could be another few weeks before Mane and Coutinho line-out together again for Liverpool. The club have two games before the September international break, against Hoffenheim and Arsenal, but the Brazilian is unlikely to be available for either.
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