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Along with goals from Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, the recently acquired £50m man was also on the scoresheet, helping inspire the turnaround to subsequently leave the Reds six points adrift of Guardiola’s side with a game in hand and City still to play.

While one transfer target was punishing the side who opted against signing him, the other was leading the way in his new team’s relentless title charge.

Make no mistake about it, Liverpool weren’t initially intending on capturing the Colombian last month.

However, after Tottenham – of all clubs – expressed an interest, the Reds ruthlessly changed their approach and paid Porto what was required.