Sadio Mane is proud to have helped Senegal triumph over Egypt and qualify for the World Cup and says he turned into "luckier" to get the higher of Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah.
Senegal beat Egypt on penalties in Tuesday's qualifying play-off in Dakar after prevailing 1-zero at the day to stage the tie at 1-1 on combination.
Mane sunk the decisive spot-kick in a shoot-out overshadowed by way of the Egypt gamers – which include Salah, who missed the hole kick – being targeted by way of lasers from the stands.
Senegal's triumph comes seven weeks on from beating the identical warring parties – again on penalties – inside the Africa Cup of Nations very last.
While glad at getting the better of Liverpool colleague Salah, Mane accepts the outcome of both video games could have been lots exceptional.
"I won twice and he misplaced two times. I was luckier to pop out on pinnacle," Mane advised 'OnTime Sports'.
"I am very proud that we won the Africa Cup of Nations and now qualified for the World Cup, it's a dream I had.
"It changed into a hard sport for each groups. Our lovers pushed us to win and we didn't stop fighting. We knew the game wouldn't be clean however we pressed to score."
Senegal be a part of Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco and Cameroon as Africa's representatives at Qatar 2022, with Nigeria, Mali, DR Congo and Algeria falling on the very last hurdle.
