Sadio Mane sends message to Liverpool teammate Alisson after penalty shootout heroics

Sadio Mane’s penalty was saved by Edouard Mendy within the FA Cup closing in opposition to Chelsea (Image: ESPN)

Sadio Mane praised his Liverpool teammate Alisson Becker for getting him out of jail together with his penalty saving heroics in Saturday’s FA Cup closing win over Chelsea.

The Senegal worldwide had the chance to seal his facet’s victory following Cesar Azpilicueta’s miss for the Blues, however his effort from 12 yards was stored at bay by his compatriot Edouard Mendy.

Alisson, nevertheless, stepped as much as the plate and made a splendid one-handed save to disclaim Mason Mount and Kostas Tsimikas stepped ahead to stroke dwelling the decisive penalty.

Alisson Becker made an outstanding penalty save from Mason Mount in Liverpool’s win over Chelsea (Image: Getty)

Mane had scored two essential penalties for his nation earlier this season by sealing his nation’s first ever Africa Cup of Nations triumph and their place on the World Cup on the expense of Mohamed Salah’s Egypt.

The previous Southampton ahead was unable to repeat the trick at Wembley and was grateful to his formidable goalkeeper for coming to his rescue.

He mentioned: ‘I feel all of the credit score to Alisson as a result of myself I missed the penalty however who cares. Crucial factor is to win the cup and we did it.

‘Alisson, all of the credit score for him. I'm pleased for him and we're all pleased and proud.’

For Tsimikas, in the meantime, who was solely launched through the closing levels with Andy Robertson fatigued, the overriding feeling was one in all aid after he opted to place his identify down for his facet’s seventh penalty.

He mentioned: ‘We gave it completely all the pieces. Massive congratulations to the boys. Now we have to rejoice laborious. However tomorrow is the following day, we nonetheless have loads to do. Now we have the video games within the Premier League and now we have the massive closing.

‘It’s very, very particular for me. The supervisor requested me which quantity I need. I say quantity seven. He asks me why to this point? I say I need quantity seven. And quantity seven gave me the chance to win the sport. I select the best facet and I rating. And I'm very proud of that.

‘We need to win. Our objective from the beginning of the season was to go for it, hopefully on the finish we're pleased. Now we have to rejoice now, however nonetheless in our minds now we have the upcoming video games. Now we have to be 100% centered if we need to obtain our targets.’

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