Sadio Mane was helped from the field in tears as Senegal pulled off a 1-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea, after being booed by his own fans.
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National talisman Mane missed a glorious chance to double Senegal's lead in the match, and quickly faced the wrath of the supporters.
Senegal had already qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations and now top their group as a result of the victory.
But the end of the game brought about some emotional scenes for Mane, who had clearly taken incidents in the match to heart.
The Liverpool star could be seen struggling to fight back tears, before pulling his shirt over his face and falling to the turf.
Team-mates quickly arrived to help Mane and escort him from the public gaze, but the striker appeared too caught up in the moment.
Mane eventually left the field flanked by his fellow Senegal players, with the tears still flowing.
Mane was recently nominated alongside his Reds team-mate Mohamed Salah for African Player of the Year, of which Salah scooped last season.
The forward also recently came in for glowing praise from manager Jurgen Klopp, who dubbed him 'world class' while speaking of the variety of positions he is able to play if required.
Mane has not spoken out on the incident, though the brother of the player is believed to have given his opinion via social media platform Instagram.
'It is rare to see a country dislike a star of his country like you do,' the message read.
'He will continue to fight for you, continue to sacrifice himself and continue to give the maximum for Senegal and love and respect the national flag.
'One day you will realise, but it might be too late.'
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It's quite unfortunate. Liverpool fans say he greedy cos he doesn't pass to Salah. while the truth is Mane has passed more to Salah than Salah has passed to Mane. Check his instagram account full of death threats. He can't get a break. when he scores they say he should have passed to Salah. The last game against Fulham. Salah could have scored more than one goal. He was also selfish but no one talked about it. I don't think we liverpool fans to keep driving a wedge between the two of them. Salah choked in UCL finals. Mane was the one that gave us hope. Karius the virus played a heavy part in our loss. He doesn't get credit for his goal in the final and some Liverpool fans are happy about that because if we did win the finals. Salah will not get credit. Salah is the better scorer no doubt but Mane is the better player who can play any position and use both feet. They both have their flaws but we need to respect them both. If we lose either of them Liverpool is in trouble the same way if we lose Van Dijk or Firmino.
SufyanP
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It's quite unfortunate. Liverpool fans say he greedy cos he doesn't pass to Salah. while the truth is Mane has passed more to Salah than Salah has passed to Mane. Check his instagram account full of death threats. He can't get a break. when he scores they say he should have passed to Salah. The last game against Fulham. Salah could have scored more than one goal. He was also selfish but no one talked about it. I don't think we liverpool fans to keep driving a wedge between the two of them. Salah choked in UCL finals. Mane was the one that gave us hope. Karius the virus played a heavy part in our loss. He doesn't get credit for his goal in the final and some Liverpool fans are happy about that because if we did win the finals. Salah will not get credit. Salah is the better scorer no doubt but Mane is the better player who can play any position and use both feet. They both have their flaws but we need to respect them both. If we lose either of them Liverpool is in trouble the same way if we lose Van Dijk or Firmino.
u saw the Egypt vs Tunisa matchh??Who scored Salah...Y did he score they pass the ball to him its simple... u saw the red star belgrades vs Liverpool u saw howw many times mane was goin solo lik seriously u say salah chocked the match lik seriously u hav any common sense he fell down broke his shoulder nd u say he shld hav stayed nd played lij seriously......u saw messi fell down broke him arm so u expect him also to play ehh lik seriously...nd u seem to obsessed wit mane ur one of mane fan...nd seriously u've Firminio play he does pass right everyone does oly mane doesn't lim nt oly to Salah he'll wont pass it to Firminio too...i believe u shld analyse the matches properly rather than simply commentin tht salah chocked nd dont frget it was coz of salah tht they hd reached till the finals..
Bianconeripool07
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It's quite unfortunate. Liverpool fans say he greedy cos he doesn't pass to Salah. while the truth is Mane has passed more to Salah than Salah has passed to Mane. Check his instagram account full of death threats. He can't get a break. when he scores they say he should have passed to Salah. The last game against Fulham. Salah could have scored more than one goal. He was also selfish but no one talked about it. I don't think we liverpool fans to keep driving a wedge between the two of them. Salah choked in UCL finals. Mane was the one that gave us hope. Karius the virus played a heavy part in our loss. He doesn't get credit for his goal in the final and some Liverpool fans are happy about that because if we did win the finals. Salah will not get credit. Salah is the better scorer no doubt but Mane is the better player who can play any position and use both feet. They both have their flaws but we need to respect them both. If we lose either of them Liverpool is in trouble the same way if we lose Van Dijk or Firmino.
I respect your comment but Salah did not choke in the UCL final. He was playing so well until he got hurt. "Choke" means you were given a chance to do something and failed in a big moment. Salah wasn't given a chance. And Salah is very good with both feet. I dont know the stats but I feel like Salah has as many goals with his right as he does with his left this season. Mane, in my opinion, is very, very dangerous at his best, but Salah shows his best more consistently.