In the opinion of the coach of the national football team of Senegal, Aliou Cissé, the idea of developing Sadio Mané comes from him and not from Liverpool. “The Sadio Mané innovation in number 9 is not Liverpool, it was we who launched it”, he declared following the match Senegal vs Benin counting for the first day of the CAN qualifiers. 2023. Aligned in number 9 in a 4-4-2, Sadio Mané scored a hat-trick this Saturday with the Lions, becoming the selection’s top scorer with 32 goals.