Kalidou Koulibaly Stops Sadio Mane With Spectacular Tackle During Al Hilal Vs Al Nassr Clash: Video

• Kalidou Koulibaly starred as Al-Hilal beat Al-Nassr
• The Senegal captain faced compatriot Sadio Mane
• The SPL leaders defeated Al-Nassr to reach the final

Kalidou Koulibaly proved too strong for compatriot Sadio Mane during the Saudi Super Cup clash between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr on Monday night.

The Saudi Pro League leaders defeated Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr 2-1 to advance to the final, keeping their quadruple dreams alive.

Mane scored a late consolation for the Knight of Najd moments after a bizarre incident saw captain and talisman Ronaldo sent off.

In a video shared on social media, Mane had a go at compatriot Koulibaly, but the Al-Hilal defender was a force as he stopped the former Liverpool winger from making his deadly runs on the flanks.

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Fans of Al-Hilal applauded the centre-back for stopping Mane from causing troubles in the Super Cup game.

Meanwhile, after a barren first-half, Al-Hilal raced to a two-goal lead in the second half after Salem Al-Dawsari and Malcom scored in the space of ten minutes.

Earlier, Portuguese midfielder Octavio had a goal disallowed by the referee to deny Al-Nassr the lead.

The defeat means Ronaldo, Mane and Al-Nassr will end the season trophyless, as reported by Arab Business.

Mane scores in Al-Nassr defeat

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Senegalese winger, Sadio Mane scored after Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in Al-Nassr's loss to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup semi-final.

The Knights of Najd lost 2-1 to the Blue Waves at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in UAE on Monday evening (April 8).

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The Saudi Pro League leaders scored the first goal of the game in the 61st minute, courtesy of Salem Al Dawsari's strike from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic's through ball.

Ronaldo sent off in Saudi Super Cup

Sports Brief also reported that Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off as Al-Nassr suffered a huge setback after Al-Nassr lost 2-1 to Al Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup semi-final.

The 39-year-old saw red late in the second half as his Al-Nassr side crashed out of the competition, with Al Hilal stretching their remarkable winning streak to 33 games as they reached the final of the Super Cup.