Liverpool ahead Sadio Mane has equaled Didier Drogba’s document to grow to be Africa’s joint-highest goalscorer within the Champions League knockout phases.
The Reds’ quantity 10 scored their second aim in a 2-0 win over Villarreal at Anfield on Thursday night time to maneuver the Merseyside membership nearer to the Might twenty eighth closing.
14 – Sadio Mané has tonight netted his 14th aim within the UEFA Champions League knockout phases, equalling Didier Drobga’s document because the African with essentially the most such targets within the competitors’s historical past. Pleasure. pic.twitter.com/fwVTLoxqbf
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The match acquired off to a gradual begin earlier than a fully-packed Anfield, with few open possibilities at each ends, save for Thiago Alcantara’s effort that cannoned off the submit.
It jolted to life although in a four-minute second-half interval because the hosts scored two fast targets to take a reasonably snug lead going into the second leg subsequent week.
First Jordan Henderson’s shot was deflected in, earlier than Mane sealed the win two minutes later, poking house a Mohamed Salah through-ball.
The strike means Mane has now scored 14 targets within the event’s knockout phases, matching the enduring Ivorian’s document.
The African Participant of the Yr has an opportunity of eclipsing the Ivorian’s run after they play away to Villarreal subsequent week within the reverse fixture.
