When Sadio Mane struck the opening goal at Selhurst Park on Saturday he achieved something only two other Liverpool players had done before.
It is the fifth consecutive Premier League match against Crystal Palace in which Mane has scored.
Only Michael Owen, against Newcastle United, and Luis Suarez, against Norwich City, had previously been able to string together such a sequence for Liverpool against the same Premier League opponent.
Neither Owen nor Suarez made it six in a row so Mane could exceed their feats should he score against Palace in the reverse fixture at Anfield in March.
Watch Mane's latest goal against Palace
Mane’s strike was his eighth goal in 10 Premier League matches against Palace, but he is not the south London sides's ultimate nemesis.
That would be Jermain Defoe, who scored nine Premier League goals against them.
Players with most goals against each club
Team | Player | Goals |
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Arsenal | Wayne Rooney | 12 |
Aston Villa | Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney | 13 |
AFC Bournemouth | Raheem Sterling | 9 |
Brighton | Sergio Aguero | 5 |
Burnley | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 7 |
Chelsea | Sergio Aguero | 10 |
Crystal Palace | Jermain Defoe | 9 |
Everton | Les Ferdinand, Alan Shearer | 16 |
Leicester | Harry Kane | 12 |
Liverpool | Andrew Cole | 11 |
Man City | Alan Shearer | 11 |
Man Utd | Alan Shearer | 10 |
Newcastle | Sergio Aguero, Wayne Rooney | 15 |
Norwich | Luis Suarez | 12 |
Sheff Utd | Kevin Campbell, Tony Cottee, Robbie Fowler, Mark Hughes, Wayne Rooney, Teddy Sheringham, Yakubu |
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Southampton | Alan Shearer | 14 |
Spurs | Alan Shearer | 14 |
Watford | Sergio Aguero | 8 |
West Ham | Wayne Rooney | 14 |
Wolves | Robbie Keane | 6 |