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Explained: Why Salah and Mane fans are scrapping

Liverpool managed to extend their Premier League winning streak to five games after registering a 2-1 victory over Tottenham on Saturday, though Giorginio Wijnaldum was the unlikely goal-scorer when he put his side in front in the first half.

Star strikers Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane were unable to find the back of the net, though it wasn't for a want of trying - with the Senegalese international choosing to go for goal himself instead of squaring it to Salah at Wembley Stadium.

Speculation grew after the game that a rivalry was growing between Mane and Salah, with both wanting individual goal-scoring glory and Egyptian fans accusing the Senegal forward of being selfish – but where did it all start?