Mane took shots from the edge of the box to score a wonder goal in Bayern’s 5-0 victory over Viktoria Plzen.
He picked up the ball just outside of Plzen’s area, lifted the ball over two defenders, hustled and bustled his way through a collection of opponents on the edge of the box, and then slammed a shot into the bottom corner of the net.
He now joins Didier Drogba, Mohamed Salah and Samuel Eto’o in an illustrious list of African players who have scored 25 plus Champions League goals.
Mané’s strike was his seventh for Bayern since signing from Liverpool in the summer.
With that goal, he took his total tally in the Champions League to 25 below Egypt’s Mohammed Salah who has 36 goals, retired Cameroonian international Samuel Eto’o who scored 30 goals and Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba who netted a record 44 goals to become Africa’s all time scorer in the competition.
Bayern Munich struck three times in the opening 21st minute en route to a 5-0 demolition of Viktoria Plzen to stay top of Group C and set a record for the longest unbeaten run in group matches.
The Germans have now gone 31 group matches in the competition without defeat.
Leroy Sane opened their account in the seventh minute before Serge Gnabry drilled in their second five minutes later and Sadio Mane added another with a fine solo effort in the 21st with the Czechs putting up no real resistance.
Sane struck again five minutes after the restart and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s shot went in off the post just before the hour mark before the Bavarians gradually eased off with an eye on Saturday’s big Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern have won all three of their group matches so far to sit in top spot on nine points.
