Anyone who can recall Danny Ings sustaining a cruciate ligament injury during Jurgen Klopp’s inaugural training session back in October 2015 will be delighted to see the England international fit and scoring again.

Scoring again? That’s an understatement. The Saints star has fired home more goals this season to this point than Mane, Kane, Aguero, and the list goes on. He has found the net once every 111 minutes.

It is a fantastic achievement, made all the more so when it’s acknowledged that prior to signing for Southampton in the summer of 2018 – initially on loan – his was a career in serious threat of ending prematurely or at the very least unfulfilled. In light of that it is a remarkable resurgence.

On joining Liverpool from Burnley the tenacious forward struggled to establish himself in the first team under Brendan Rodgers, so it was ironic that Ings scored in the Merseyside derby that was to prove the manager’s last game in charge. For the player it was a moment of glory that signalled hope.

In came Klopp and the German would surely have immensely valued a centre-forward blessed with such an innate work ethic but almost immediately came the devastating blow that ruled him out for the remainder of the campaign. There is of course never a good time to endure a long-term lay-off. The timing of this though was particularly cruel.

Ings got his head down. He put in the hard miles on the treatment table. He spent yet more time on his self-funded foundation for disabled youngsters.

The following season he returned to action, though tentatively at first for the reserves. Then, just as he was re-establishing himself as a Premier League player and almost a year to the week after his first set-back another injury; this time to his other knee. On this occasion it was nine months out. Nine long months of feeling utterly cursed.

On finally completing his rehabilitation it was a very different Liverpool side to try and break into. Firmino, Salah and Mane were pulling up trees. His Anfield dream was over.

With genuine reluctance Klopp let the striker go, making clear his admiration, and on the south coast Ings began the process of rebuilding his reputation; first finding fitness, then the net.

In his first season with the Saints he scored seven times and was always a willing runner for a side fighting the drop. Now there is no stopping him.

"I'm here and enjoying my football again,” he revealed recently. “I feel absolutely loved by the fans and my team, so all of that helps altogether.”

His reclaimed proficiency meanwhile has seen calls for further England recognition – to add to his singular cap in 2015 – from his former gaffer Rodgers who said of his injury woes: “It’s just great that he is back playing, and playing consistently, he’ll be a better player for it as well.”

He is. To the great delight of many, he is.