Player of the Day

FC Player of the Day, 4 Dec: Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

In the absence of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in the starting XI, the Senegalese was the star man again.

 
9:00am on Thursday 5th December 2019
By
Martin Macdonald
Sadio Mané
W (L), F (C) - Liverpool - 27 yrs
MAN OF THE MATCH
90'
9.4
Dec 4, 2019
90Minutes played
1Goals
2Assists
3Total shots
12Final third passes
10Touches in box
6Ball recovered
38Touches

The Merseyside Derby was an entertaining spectacle on Wednesday as seven goals were scored, with Liverpool defeating Everton 5-2.

Mane was on fire and at the heart of most of the good things the home side did, scoring one and assisting another two.

He helped set the tone six minutes in by threading a through-pass for Divock Origi to slot home, before assisting Xherdan Shaqiri for the second with a similar pass.

His individual goal was arguably the finish of the night (apart from Origi's wonderful touch and lob for the third) as he whipped an excellent strike into the bottom left corner from the edge of the box with his left foot.

The former Southampton man could have and should have scored at least one more as he found himself through on goal another two times, including going around the goalkeeper on the second occasion, only to pass up the chances.

He had 10 touches inside the Everton box in total, and made six ball recoveries which sums up his work rate.

27 yrs - F (LC) - Liverpool
96
Defending
Creative
Passing
Attacking
Shooting
Decisive
Aerials
Physical
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1239
Played matches
15
9
4
Shots P90
2.62
Shots On target P90
1.31
Successful passing %
80%
Final third passes P90
18.60

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