This archive report was first published on 5 July 2019.
Senegal's Sadio Mane became the leading scorer in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on July 5, 2019, when he scored the goal that gave Senegal a 1-0 win over Uganda in a feisty last-16 clash at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt.
The Liverpool star struck on 15 minutes with a close-range shot after a passing move carved open the Ugandan defence.
Mane later missed a penalty, but his three-goal tally from three matches moved him ahead of 11 scorers with two each.
Senegal will face fellow west Africans Benin in the quarter-finals, who stunned Morocco earlier, winning a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw following extra time.
The match against Uganda was marked by a fiery start, with two Ugandans and one Senegalese yellow-carded within 10 minutes of the kick-off.
Uganda captain and goalkeeper Denis Onyango was first to be booked after racing off his line and fouling Ismaila Sarr, who needed lengthy treatment.
Senegal midfielder Papa Ndiaye then went into the book of the referee for deliberately pushing a Ugandan so hard he tumbled off the pitch.
As tempers cooled, Senegal scored through Mane, who shared the Premier League Golden Boot last season with Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal.
Onyango made a brilliant two-hand save to keep the Cranes in the match when Mane failed to convert a penalty, a fate he also suffered against Kenya.
