Sadio Mane lifts the lid on penalty incident with Mohamed Salah at AFCON final

• Sadio Mane has revealed that he doesn't talk about with Mohamed Salah about the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final
• Senegal got a penalty in the first half of normal time, and Mane stepped up to take it but his kick was saved by Gabaski
• The Lions of Teranga eventually won the AFCON title via a penalty shootout which Mane scored the winning spot-kick

Sadio Mane has finally disclosed the conversation that went down during the Africa Cup of Nations final involving himself, Gabaski and Mohammed Salah.

Senegal emerged winners of the competition, although they had to do it via a penalty shootout after 120 minutes ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

Sadio Mane got the winning penalty in the shootout, while Mohammed Salah did not get the chance to strike from 12 yards as Egypt missed two of their four spot-kicks.

Mane was presumably relieved after scoring the winning penalty, especially because he had missed one in the first half of normal time.

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In the build-up to that penalty, there were some interesting scenes as Mohammed Salah had a brief exchange with the goalkeeper Gabaski before Mane took his penalty.

Mane also briefly seemed to join in the conversation before eventually going on to see his penalty saved by the Egypt goalkeeper, who has been remarkable throughout the tournament.

The Teranga Lions had to clinch their first AFCON title on penalty shutouts with Mane slotting home the winning kick.

'We have mentioned when I missed the penalty,' Mane added. 'He [Salah] said: "why did you come to see the goalkeeper?" and I said "no because you've been talking to him and I'm sure you will play mind-games, so I will play mind-games as well."

'I saw him talking and I'm sure he was not saying anything much so it was fine to just say it was mind-games and I want to be more fun than them, so I go "Mo, I will put it in the right side, tell him I will put it in the right side."

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'We were talking about this yesterday and laughing about it, it was quite funny”

Sadio Mane Pays Entire Hospital Bill for Young Cameroonian

Sadio Mane proved his class off the pitch during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after he paid the entire hospital bill for a young boy with life-threatening injuries.

The Liverpool winger is said to have been involved in the kind gesture when he suffered a concussion after a collision with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha.

While he was able to continue playing and even scored a goal, Mane was subbed off soon after and taken to hospital as a precaution.