Champions League
Mane equals Ronaldo’s record for most KO goals in 5 years
Santo Mané found the net against Benfica on Tuesday night, setting a particular high in terms of Champions League top scorers in the last five years.
Liverpool clinched a superb 3-1 win over Benfica at ‘Luz’ in the first quarter-final between the two sides for the Champions League on Tuesday night, with Santio Mane breaking through Odysseas Vlachodimos’ home game and making history on behalf of the Reds.
On the one hand because he scored the 22 goals in Europe’s top interclub competition with the Merseyside team, surpassing the legendary Steven Gerrard (only Salah stands above him) and on the other hand because he caught up with Cristiano Ronaldo with that goal, a special peak.
This affects goalscorers in the knockout stages of the tournament from 2017, with the Senegalese leaders now tallying 13 goals, as has the Portuguese Manchester United superstar, trailing Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski (12). but also Mohamed Salah (11 goals) and Karim Benzema (10).
It should be noted that of his 22 Champions League goals, Mane has scored 10 (in 13 appearances) in his first season in the tournament, 2017-18, in which Liverpool had an impressive run, reaching the final in Kyiv, where he Lost 1:3 against Real.
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