Sadio Mane joins Drogba & Salah in exclusive Premier League club

The Senegal international has joined fellow African greats Didier Drogba and Mohamed Salah in the history books following his goal for Liverpool.

Sadio Mane has become the third African player in history to score 100 Premier League goals after Didier Drogba and Mohamed Salah in a match against Watford on Saturday.

Incidentally, it was Salah who teed Mane up for his landmark strike with a sublime curving pass that sailed past two Watford defenders before his fellow forward slotted the ball past Ben Foster with ease.

Connexion Salah – Mané 🤯pic.twitter.com/QX1neOTQLC

— Maël Larcher (@LarcherMael) October 16, 2021

As a result, Mane has joined an exclusive club of African footballers by scoring his 100th Premier League goal.

The 29-year-old has played for Liverpool and Southampton in the English top-flight since 2014. He has 100 goals and 43 assists across 237 appearances without scoring a single penalty.

As for Liverpool, Roberto Firmino has doubled their lead to hand them a 2-0 lead over Watford at Vicarage Road at the time of writing.

🇨🇮 Didier Drogba
🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
🇸🇳 Sadio Mane

Sadio Mane becomes the third African player to score 100 Premier League goals! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/wkTpwMrdSN

— Goal (@goal) October 16, 2021