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Mane reaches half-century of PL goals in Liverpool win

  /  autty

Sadio Mane has netted his 50th Premier League goal for Liverpool on his 100th appearance for the Premier League leaders.

The Senegal international opened the scoring for the Reds in their top-of-the-table clash with third-placed Leicester City, slotting home comfortably after being found by a sumptuous ball from James Milner.

It was Mane’s fifth goal this season and saw him break a tie with Mohamed Salah to become Liverpool’s leading scorer in 2019-20.

Mane is the third current Liverpool forward to cross the half-century mark in the Premier League, joining Salah and Roberto Firmino.

He’s the sixth-fastest player to 50 for the Anfield club, behind Salah (69 games), Fernando Torres (72), Luis Suarez (86), Robbie Fowler (88) and Michael Owen (98).

He’s also the 10th Liverpool player to notch so many goals – no other Premier League team has as many individual players with 50 or more in the competition.

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