{"id":20160,"date":"2022-06-04T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/04\/liverpools-sadio-mane-makes-history-in-senegals-win-over-benin\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T22:00:30","slug":"liverpools-sadio-mane-makes-history-in-senegals-win-over-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/04\/liverpools-sadio-mane-makes-history-in-senegals-win-over-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s Sadio Mane makes history in Senegal\u2019s win over Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool star Sadio Mane has, on Saturday night, etched his name ever further into the history books of the Senegalese national team.<\/p>\n<p>The name of wide-man Mane has of course taken its place front and centre in the media headlines across Europe over the last week.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the former Southampton standout widely understood to have informed those in a position of power at Anfield of his intention to seek pastures new ahead of next season, amid mounting links with German champions Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sadio <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Man%C3%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Man\u00e9<\/a> is very close to joining Bayern Munich. He has decided to leave Liverpool, Klopp and his teammates are informed.<\/p>\n<p>PSG is not completely out of the race yet, but he prefers Bayern \u2013 as he can be the big star there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kerry Hau (@kerry_hau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerry_hau\/status\/1530909913572057088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, as alluded to above, Mane, late on Saturday, has grabbed the spotlight once more.<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, though, it comes owing to his efforts on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this evening, Senegal were back in action, playing host to Benin in an Africa Cup of Nations Group L qualifying fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Mane, unsurprisingly, was afforded a starting berth for the clash, taking his place in a central role in the hosts\u2019 attack, alongside the likes of Ismaila Sarr and Boulaye Dia.<\/p>\n<p>And to say that the wantaway Liverpool man went on to steal the show at the The Diamniadio Olympic Stadium would be something of an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>En route to a 3-1 Senegal triumph, Mane bagged all three of his country\u2019s goals, two of which came from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but, in the process, the 30-year-old secured for himself a special piece of history in his home country.<\/p>\n<p>After heading into Saturday\u2019s action sitting joint-top of the all-time goalscoring charts for the Lions of Teranga, Mane has now established himself as the undisputed most prolific player in the history of the Senegalese national team:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A hat-trick sees Sadio Man\u00e9 become Senegal\u2019s mens top goalscorer of all time. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdwTRh1Ob2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jdwTRh1Ob2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Sports Golazo \u26bd\ufe0f (@CBSSportsGolazo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsGolazo\/status\/1533195012678332416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/liverpool-fans-convinced-tammy-abraham-dropped-a-hint-to-alexander-arnold-over-joining-the-club\/\">Liverpool fans react to Tammy Abraham\u2019s hint over joining Alexander-Arnold at Anfield<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/liverpool-handed-boost-in-arnaut-danjuma-hunt\/\">Liverpool handed boost in Arnaut Danjuma hunt<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Liverpool star Sadio Mane has, on Saturday night, etched his name ever further into the history books of the Senegalese national team. The name of wide-man Mane has of course taken its place front and centre in the media headlines across Europe over the last week. This comes with the former Southampton standout widely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}