Liverpool (Archyde.com)
Sadio Mane says he is happy at Liverpool and is trying to enjoy every moment, amid speculation linking the Senegal international striker with a possible future move to Bayern Munich or Barcelona.
The 30-year-old’s contract expires at the end of next season.
Mane scored the winning goal in Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Aston Villa as Liverpool continued to put pressure on leaders Manchester City in their Premier League title race.
Securing Mane’s future at the club is of great importance to coach Jurgen Klopp, who led Liverpool to winning titles in the Premier League, Champions League, European Super Cup, and the Club World Cup.
Asked by Sky Sports whether he was happy in Liverpool, Mane replied: “Of course yes and I am happy when the club wins trophies. This group makes life easy for me, and that is why I cannot be happy.”
League Cup winners Liverpool, who also qualified for the Champions League final, can win their second title of the season when they meet Chelsea in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
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Alan Shearer: Mohamed Salah was great against Manchester City despite his terrible numbers
The English football legend, Alan Shearer, praised the magical pass made by the winger and top scorer for the first football team, Mohamed SalahYesterday, in the match once morest Manchester City in the equalizer for, Sadio Mane, in the English Premier League.
Mohamed Salah did not score, but he made Sadio Mane’s goal once morest Manchester City, and Liverpool managed to seize a valuable point that kept his chances of competing strongly for the title.
Shearer spoke regarding his point of view in statements to the British newspaper “The Athletic”, and said: “In the first half, I looked at some numbers, Mohamed Salah, no shots, no passes, no correct dribbles, he lost possession in more than one ball.”
He added: “He was terrible compared to his usual performance, but then he enters the field, makes this perfect pass, which is the equalizer, greats like Mohamed Salah cannot be ignored.”
And he concluded his statements: “It is only a matter of time and he will return to scoring once morest the opponents with LeferballBecause he is able to attract attention everywhere he goes on the field.”
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London (dpa)
Manchester City coach Josep Guardiola seemed to regret his team’s wasting the opportunity to kill the competition for the English Premier League title this season, following its 2-2 draw with its guest Liverpool, at the top of the 32nd stage of the competition.
Guardiola indicated that the result of the match left Liverpool “alive” in the title race.
Manchester City missed their lead twice in the match, through Belgian Kevin De Bruyne and Brazilian Gabriel Jesus, following Liverpool tied Diogo Jota and Senegalese Sadio Mane, to end the meeting with the same result as the first leg match that took place between the two teams at Anfield, the stronghold of the Red Team in October. the past.
The competition for the title between the two teams remained unchanged, as Manchester City remained at the top with 74 points, one point ahead of its closest rivals, Liverpool, so that the fierce competition between them continued 7 stages before the end of the season.
Guardiola believes that his team had the opportunity to finish the race for the title – in practice – following his team imposed its dominance over most of the first half.
Guardiola said, “It was a great match from both sides, and every team is trying to win every match in all competitions.” I had a feeling that with this result we missed an opportunity, and I feel like we left them alive.
And Guardiola added: But I told the team I don’t want one second of sadness. I am very happy and happy with the way we played. When you do a lot of good things, the sadness is there, but I said to the same (forget it). We did very well and unfortunately we mightn’t win. Overall the performance was good, I was happy and pleased with my team.
As a result, Guardiola stressed that the race is still wide open and there is no room for error.
The Spanish coach said: “Win, lose or draw will not end it, I had the feeling before, but both teams knew that the points of the meeting are very important and we played for that.” We know that at the moment if we lose any game, we will not be champions, and we also know that if we lose points we will not be champions.
Guardiola concluded: “They should also win all the games, but today all the City and Liverpool fans will see that both teams tried to win the game.” I think it’s good to say that. I would watch the punches, we would attack them and they would attack us with our weapons, which is good for football.
Moataz Al Shami (Dubai)
Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, the two stars of Liverpool, will face each other in the final of the African Nations Cup tomorrow “Sunday” when Egypt, “runner-up” in 2017, meets Senegal, “runner-up” in 2019.
And the newspaper “Mirror” revealed a warning message from Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp to the star of “Reds” Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, where the German coach assured the players that they are on the verge of achieving a great achievement for their country, but warned the loser in the final match of the negative effects and suffering of what he called “ Heartbreak and heartbreak.
Salah seeks to achieve a continental achievement with Egypt in the final tomorrow, which is the same as Mane aspires to with Senegal, as neither of them has won the honor of winning the continental title so far, in their “shiny” career, where Senegal lost the “2019 final” once morest Algeria, And Egypt «final 2017» once morest Cameroon.
Klopp said in his statements, which were singled out by the “Mirror”: It is a wonderful achievement for each of them in reaching the continental final, and Keita played an exceptional tournament with Guinea, and I think that the tournament has been successful for the stars of the “Reds” so far, although I am afraid that the loser will not focus on the title in his matches. with us here.
Klopp confirmed that he would talk to Salah and Mane following returning from “Al-Kan”, because the rhythm of the championship matches was less than in the “Premier League”, and he expected their arrival on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the final match tomorrow is the biggest event that brings Liverpool players face to face with their national teams.
“The Mirror” revealed the way Salah and Mane returned, as Klopp agreed that the loser would return faster than the winner who gets a longer “reward” time, perhaps not less than an additional half a day, but both will be in the face of Liverpool and Leicester City next Thursday.