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Chelsea and Liverpool to be without Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane longer as Senegal scrape into Afcon knockout stages
CHELSEA and Liverpool will be without two of their key players for a while longer.
That’s because Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane’s Senegal have booked their place in the knockout stages of Afcon.
AFPLiverpool will be without Sadio Mane for a while longer after Senegal reached the Afcon knockout stages[/caption]
AFPChelsea’s Edouard Mendy will also continue to be away from Premier League action[/caption]
The duo both played the full 90 minutes as Senegal were held to a 0-0 draw by Malawi on Tuesday.
The result saw them secure top spot in Group B by just a single point.
And Senegal’s stars now await their fate in the next round.
Liverpool will also have to make do without Naby Keita.
His Guinea side finished second in the group despite losing 2-1 to Zimbabwe.
Keita struck a brilliant solo wondergoal to rescue Guinea’s goal difference, putting them on equal terms with Malawi.
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And it was Guinea who went through on head-to-head, having beaten Malawi 1-0 on Matchday One.
The other only teams through so far are Cameroon and Burkina Faso.
Cameroon picked up seven points from their three group games to finish top of Group A.
Meanwhile, Burkina Faso pipped Cape Verde to second on their head-to-head record.
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