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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senegal forward, Sadio Mane, has received congratulatory messages from his Liverpool teammates following his triumph at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Mane led Senegal to beat Mohamed Salah-led Egypt in the 2021 AFCON final at the Paul Biya Stadium, Olemb\u00e9, in Cameroon at the weekend.<\/p>\n

The former Southampton star scored the winning penalty as Senegal defeated Egypt 4-2 on a penalty shoot-out following a 0-0 draw after 120 minutes.<\/p>\n

After winning the 2021 AFCON trophy, Mane and his Senegal teammates celebrated.<\/p>\n

On Monday morning, Mane posted a picture of himself with the trophy, while wearing his winners\u2019 medal on Instagram.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool number 10 posed in his bed alongside the trophy, accompanied with the caption: \u201cAlhamdoulilah,\u201d which translated to \u201cThank God\u201d in Arabic.<\/p>\n

Reacting, some of his Liverpool teammates, past and present, commented on the post to send their messages of congratulations to the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n

Liverpool captain, Jordan Henderson wrote: \u201cCongratulations Sadio,\u201d while Virgil van Dijk and Adrian posted a heart emoji, a hand-clapping and a raised hand emoji.<\/p>\n

On his part, Neco Williams posted several hand-clapping emojis, while former Liverpool player, Xherdan Shaqiri wrote: \u201cCongrats my bro.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mane is expected to return to Liverpool later this week.<\/p>\n

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