Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane has said he knew it would be difficult to defeat Kenya in the last Group C match of the Africa Cup of Nations finals
Mane wasted a penalty before netting a brace in addition to Ismaila Sarr’s goal as Senegal secured an easy 3-0 victory at the 30 June Stadium.
His words to Goal, “They are a team who ran a lot, who were well placed, and they obviously wanted to qualify. We knew that wouldn’t be easy,”
“I think that – in my head, I am relaxed. I don’t have doubt in my head, maybe it can happen, to be more stressed. It doesn’t happen to me in football, to miss a penalty, but the important thing in football is how you react.
“You know my feelings, the important is to get the three points. The first half wasn’t easy, the team were compact, but we created many chances and finally scored three goals and we deserved to win.”
After the victory, Senegal finished 2nd behind Algeria and will face Uganda in the next round.
Kenya, meanwhile, will have to hope they end up qualifying as best loser.
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