SADIO MANE WRITES HIS NAME IN PREMIERE LEAGUE HISTORY ALONGSIDE DROGBA, ADEBAYOR AND KANU Joseph Omoniyi Liverpool and Senegalese forward, Sadio Mane has joined the likes of Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor, Nwankwo KANU, Taya Toure, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Egan Ekoku on the list of African players to score 50 Premier League goals as he hits brace in Liverpool’s 4-1 victory on Saturday over Cardiff City. Mane who had previously been experiencing goal drought in four matches, ended his scoreless run in some style on Saturday, scoring the Reds’ second and fourth goals as they buried the Welsh side at Anfield in a five goal thriller . Mohamed Salah fired the hosts into a 10th-minute lead but the Reds were made to work for their second, with Mane only doubling their advantage in the 66th minute with a thumping effort. Cardiff, who had largely frustrated Liverpool for the first half, reduced the arrears in the 77th minute through Callum Paterson, but Jurgen Klopp’s side responded strongly. Substitute Xherdan Shaqiri restored their two-goal advantage with six minutes to play, before Mane rounded off the rout after superb work from Salah. The goals take Mane’s Premier League tally to 50, making him Africa’s seventh highest scorer in the competition’s history. Didier Drogba leads the way after scoring 104 goals during two spells with Chelsea, ahead of Emmanuel Adebayor (97) and Yakubu (95). Yaya Toure (62), Nwankwo Kanu (54) and Efan Ekoku (52) are the other players ahead of Mane in the current standings.

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