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Ben Husband

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah's AFCON pact of silence and penalty mind-games

Sadio Mane has opened up on the pact of silence between him and Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah following the dramatic African Cup of Nations final between the pair earlier this month.

The two Reds forwards guided their respective nations, Senegal and Egypt, to the final in Cameroon, with all the narrative going into the game about which one would come out on top.

Ultimately it was Mane, who scored the winning penalty in the shootout, having missed one during the initial 90 minutes.

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