Sadio Mane and Steven Gerrard never crossed paths in Liverpool's first team.

The forward, now at Al-Nassr, won the Champions League in 2019 and succeeded where Gerrard failed by claiming a Premier League winner's medal during his time at Anfield.

It was a different story when it came to Mane's hero El-Hadji Diouf, though.



Diouf's achievements with Senegal are what endeared him to Mane, but the forward's time with Liverpool was far less memorable - at least when it came to the positive on-field moments.

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Early in his Liverpool spell, Mane was asked by the Premier League to name his idol in the competition.

"When I was young I was watching El-Hadji Diouf, he was one of my heroes" he said in November 2016.

"Actually he was playing for Liverpool, so it made a big motivation for me as he was a great player for us.

Steven Gerrard arrives, he insults Diouf.

Steven Gerrard wasn't a fan of Diouf when the pair were team-mates(