{"id":8192,"date":"2022-02-02T18:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/02\/liverpools-sadio-mane-equals-record-as-he-sends-senegal-into-afcon-final\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:05:39","slug":"liverpools-sadio-mane-equals-record-as-he-sends-senegal-into-afcon-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/02\/liverpools-sadio-mane-equals-record-as-he-sends-senegal-into-afcon-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s Sadio Mane equals record as he sends Senegal into AFCON final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Liverpool forward Sadio Mane fired Senegal past Burkino Faso and into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations as he provided a goal and an assist in their 3-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old set up Paris Saint Germain\u2019s Idrissa Gueye to fire Senegal into a 2-0 lead, half an hour into the second half, before Burkino Faso hit back thanks to Blati Toure\u2019s first international goal six minutes later, leaving the contest on a knife edge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThis is what makes him world class!\u201d ?<\/p>\n<p>Sadio Mane puts the ball on a plate for Idrissa Gueye to make it 2-0 to Senegal! ??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFCON2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SbmCLYqH8d\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SbmCLYqH8d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyFootball\/status\/1488976747857158152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Step forward, Sadio Mane. The Liverpool star burst away on the counter-attack three minutes from time, before showing the composure that makes him one of the most feared forwards in Europe, chipping calmly over the onrushing goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SADIO MANE SCORES ??<\/p>\n<p>SENEGAL\u2019S TALISMAN DOES IT AGAIN ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1RB2oP58tP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1RB2oP58tP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GOAL (@goal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goal\/status\/1488978392556974087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In doing so, he took Senegal to their second successive AFCON final, having fallen at the final hurdle in the 2019 edition of the tournament as they lost 1-0 to Algeria. He could yet be set to face teammate Mohamed Salah in this season\u2019s crunch tie too, with Egypt set to take on Cameroon on Thursday evening for a spot as the only team standing between Mane and AFCON glory.<\/p>\n<h2>Mane equals national record<\/h2>\n<p>In finding the back of the net, Mane equalled the record for Senegal\u2019s top scorer of all time, having now scored 29 times for his country. It is a record currently shared with Henri Camara, although Jurgen Klopp\u2019s man has managed it in eight fewer appearances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A goal in the final would see Sadio Man\u00e9 become <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamSenegal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamSenegal<\/a>\u2019s top scorer of all time \u2013 he\u2019s currently level with Henri Camara on 29 goals. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGQjQUEjrn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UGQjQUEjrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Crann (@YesWeCrann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YesWeCrann\/status\/1488982273772949511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It also means that he heads to the final on the cusp of both personal and team success, which would cap off an AFCON that will live long in his memory.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/lyon-president-jean-michel-aulas-vows-to-do-our-best-to-land-arsenal-star-in-the-summer\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Lyon president Jean Michel Aulas vows to \u201cdo our best\u201d to land Arsenal star in the summer<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/january-dealings-prove-why-the-premier-league-will-only-become-more-difficult\/\" rel=\"v:url\">January dealings prove why the Premier League will only become more difficult<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool forward Sadio Mane fired Senegal past Burkino Faso and into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations as he provided a goal and an assist in their 3-1 win. The 29-year-old set up Paris Saint Germain\u2019s Idrissa Gueye to fire Senegal into a 2-0 lead, half an hour into the second half, before [&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-8192","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\/8192","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=8192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}