Liverpool supporters have long known Sadio Mane has never been one to shirk a challenge.
But surely nothing during his Anfield career could compare to the pressure the forward faced as he carefully placed the ball on the spot.
Mane had already missed a penalty for Senegal just minutes into the Africa Cup of Nations final against Egypt in Cameroon on Sunday, the nearest either team came to scoring during a tense 120 minutes.
Yet it was the Liverpool player who assumed the responsibility of taking the decisive final spot kick of the subsequent shoot-out.
And with the weight of an entire nation on his shoulders, Mane made no mistake by smashing the ball into the bottom corner beyond Egypt goalkeeper Grabaski to seal an historic first victory in the tournament for his country.
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Back on the halfway line, his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah slumped to the turf, left waiting to take a spot kick that never came after two of his Egyptian compatriots had already failed from 12 yards.
Moments afterwards, the pair shared an embrace as Mane consoled the distraught Salah.
However, it was the Senegalese who then picked up the award as player of the tournament before lifting the AFCON trophy.
Now Jurgen Klopp will be keen to avoid any lingering fall-out from an incident-packed encounter that was always going to revolve around the Anfield superstars.
It didn't take long for sparks to fly. Mere minutes were on the clock when favourites Senegal were awarded a penalty, Egyptian defender Mohamed Abdelmonem needlessly bringing down Saliou Ciss for a clear foul.
Amid the kerfuffle as Mane prepared to take the kick, Salah was quickly in the ear of his goalkeeper Grabaski - hero of the penalty shoot-out win over Cameroon in the semi-final - to impart some inside knowledge on his Liverpool team-mate.
Whatever was said worked. Two minutes 54 seconds after the spot kick was awarded, Mane - who had scored an injury-time penalty in Senegal's opening group game - stepped up only to see his fiercely-struck effort beaten out by Grabaski.
It set the tone for a first half in which Salah and Mane at times appeared to be taking it in turns to set the pulses racing with their attacking thrusts.
Salah twice produced trademark jinking runs off the right wing into the area before testing Edouard Mendy, the second effort drawing a fine save from the Senegal goalkeeper.
And the Egyptian's efforts to influence proceedings led to an amusing moment when referee Victor Gomes, tired of Salah being in his ear, offered his whistle and cards to the player and seemed to ask if the Liverpool talisman wanted to officiate the game himself.
But Mane was the more prominent in the second half, probing with his pace and aggression and, in his most clear opening, thwarted by Grabaski at close range as he prepared to pull the trigger.
He was aided by having a far more accomplished team around him, Salah often feed off scraps. A change of boots towards the end of normal time didn't alter that.
And then came the penalties, and Mane's memorable redemption.
While the Senegalese will be on an undoubted high, Klopp may have to help rouse the spirits of Salah given the dramatic nature of Egypt's defeat.
And game time will have to be closely managed over the next few weeks, Liverpool mindful of the physical and mental demands on the duo throughout the tournament.
A fourth successive extra-time period meant Salah had played 480 minutes in just 12 days, while both featured in all seven possible matches during the competition. Neither will surely be asked to start for Liverpool at home to Leicester City on Thursday.
With Senegal and Egypt next month involved in a two-legged play-off for a place in the World Cup finals later this year, Klopp will be aware of a potential repeat.
For now, though, it's Mane who rules Africa. In terms of pure cojones, he deserves it.
