Jurgen Klopp was adamant striker Sadio Mane should have been awarded a clear penalty by referee Andre Marriner after his Liverpool side fell to a 1-0 Premier League defeat at Southampton.

Danny Ings put a dent in his former club’s title aspirations when he lobbed goalkeeper Alisson to give Saints the lead with less than two minutes on the clock.

Mane looked the most likely to pull one back for the visitors and he went down in the area just before the hour mark – under the challenge of Kyle Walker-Peters – but Marriner waved play on and VAR did not take a second look at the incident, which the Reds boss believes was a penalty.

“It’s a special one for sure. It’s a perfect evening.

“We always speak about the limits we have as a club but we work with these limits and it’s even more enjoyable then when you take big wins like this today because it gives you the belief in all that you’re doing.”