Liverpool’s second goal in Friday’s 5-0 rout of Huddersfield Town followed a familiar pattern: full-back whips in an inch-perfect cross, forward expertly applies the finishing touch.
On this occasion, Andy Robertson was Mane’s provider and, in being so, the Scotland captain became only the third defender in the Premier League era to assist at least 10 goals in a season.
There’s more to it than that, though - as Oxlade-Chamberlain well knows.
Before 2018-19 began, the midfielder offered his teammate an incentive: lay on 10 top-flight goals and he would place a signed, framed ‘Robertson 26’ shirt alongside the jersey of a certain Lionel Messi on his wall at home.