Senegal reach last eight as Mane scores but suffers head injury

By Reuters

Updated 0959 GMT (1759 HKT) January 26, 2022

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(Reuters)Senegal's Sadio Mane scored but then went off with a head injury as they beat nine-man Cape Verde Islands 2-0 in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations at the Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam on Tuesday.

Mane fired home from a set-piece after 62 minutes but had been hurt earlier in a nasty clash of heads with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, who was sent off for the incident.Liverpool forward Mane then left the field shortly afterwards complaining of a headache and could be a doubt for the quarter-final in Limbe on Sunday.Substitute Bamba Dieng scored the second goal deep in stoppage time against a