Five African performances we absolutely loved this weekend

Anthony Elanga

Son of former Cameroon international, Joseph Elanga, Anthony scored his first Manchester United goal in their 2-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

It was the forward’s second start for the Red Devils, and it took him only 13 minutes at Molineux to open his account.

Despite making a raft of changes, Man United finished the campaign with a win, ending the campaign on 74 points (eight points higher than last year’s total) and they’ll now look to defeat Villarreal in Wednesday’s Europa League final.

Sadio Mane

After a thoroughly frustrating year for Sadio Mane, the Senegal forward ended the season with a brace in Liverpool’s 2-0 success over Crystal Palace in front of the returning fans at Anfield.

Despite his struggles, Mane entered double figures for the seventh successive campaign in Premier League football, finishing on 11 league goals.

The wide attacker was involved in five goals (three goals and two assists) in as many games to help Jurgen Klopp’s troops end third after a five-game winning run to close out the season.

After his penalty miss against Juventus, it was always going to take nerves of steel for Kessie to step up and put himself in that pressure cooker again.

However, the midfield man came up trumps in AC Milan’s hugely important 2-0 success over Atalanta on the final day where he netted both goals.

Scoring both penalties, coupled with Napoli’s draw, saw Stefano Pioli’s team return to the Champions League for the first time since 2013/14.

The Rossoneri ended the campaign in second spot, with Kessie finding the back of the net a staggering 13 times—all but two were from the spot.