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Senegal's handling of Sadio Mane's horror head injury at the Africa Cup of Nations has come under fire ahead of Sunday's quarter-final.
The Liverpool forward clashed with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, who was shown a red card for the collision, in the 53rd minute.
Mane was cleared to continue despite struggling to get up off the ground and scored in the 63rd minute. Yet he collapsed after celebrating and was finally substituted seven minutes later.
Senegal's handling of Sadio Mane's horror head injury at AFCON has come under fire
Mane clashed heads with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha and appeared to be knocked out
Sportsmail's Chris Sutton was damning in his assessment of how the situation was handled. 'Mane collides with the goalkeeper at speed, then fails to break his fall, landing face-first instead,' he said. 'He's unable to lift his head while lying on his back.
'There only needs to be the slightest suspicion of concussion for the player to be substituted. Yet he was helped back up and pretty much told, ''You've passed the tests. On you go, son''.
'After celebrating his goal, he dropped to the deck and then was a concussion substitute. It would be a ridiculous attitude from Senegal, from the Confederation of African Football, from FIFA or from anybody with influence in this situation, if he featured on Sunday.
