When Sadio Mane scored in Liverpool's 2-2 draw at Chelsea on January 2, his final match before heading off to the Africa Cup of Nations, it was his first goal in 10 matches.
As confidence boosters go it wasn't a bad one.
Mane would then start and end that tournament in Cameroon by converting high pressure penalties, firstly a winner deep into stoppage time in Senegal's opening match of the group stages against Zimbabwe, and lastly the perfectly struck spot kick that ended the shootout against Egypt and made his nation African champions for the very first time.
