In a focus battle in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final that ended in the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, Liverpool defeated Villarreal 3-2 away from home, eliminating the opponent 5-2 on aggregate. For the 10th time in the history of the Red Army, he has advanced to the Champions League final for the third time in the past five seasons. In this game, Liverpool's ace scorer Mane scored a wonderful goal again.
In the 74th minute of the game, Yellow goalkeeper Lully made a mistake, Mane played with the Villarreal backline, and then dribbled into the left side of the box and shot into the empty goal, helping Liverpool to take a 5-2 lead on aggregate to seal the victory. The goal also set mane a number of new records. First, Mane scored 15 goals in his Champions League career, surpassing Drogba to become the African player who scored the most goals in the Champions League knockout rounds.
Secondly, Mane also surpassed Wayne Rooney and tied Lampard to become the player who scored the most goals in the Champions League knockout rounds for a single England team. Third, Mane scored a total of 21 goals in the Champions League in his career, 15 of which appeared in the knockout rounds, which is a well-deserved Mr. Big Scene.
According to the statistics after the match, Mane scored 1 goal with 1 shot on goal in this game. He succeeded all 4 times. In the whole game, he touched the ball 46 times, passed the ball with 28 feet, 16 times in place, and the passing accuracy rate was 57%. Mane had 2 key passes, 1 long pass in place and 11 wins from 12 ground confrontations. Such dazzling data made Mane unsurprisingly get the highest score of 8.1 points given by the rating website.
After advancing to the Champions League final for the third time with the team, Mane shouted excitedly from the live camera, apparently knowing that he was getting closer to his second Big Ears Cup. In 2022, Mane has already won the African Cup of Nations and the League Cup, and the Champions League and FA Cup have reached the final. The Premier League is only one point behind Manchester City, and Mane is expected to win five heavy championship trophies in the first half of the year. If there are key Goals in the Champions League and heavyweight honors, Mane will undoubtedly be one of the main rivals for the Ballon d'Or, such as Benzema and De Bruyne.