Sadio Mane grabs opponent by throat in angry confrontation - but somehow avoids red card

Sadio Mane, playing for Al-Nassr, was lucky not to get a red card after he grabbed an opponent by the throat during a heated moment.

The incident happened in an AFC Champions League quarter-final second leg match against UAE team Al-Ain on Monday. The ex-Liverpool forward was given a yellow card by the referee after he put his hand around the neck of Al-Ain substitute Saeed Juma.

Al-Ain's manager Hernan Crespo saw what happened and tried in vain to show the referee what Mane did. Mane's team-mates tried to calm him down and he didn't get any more punishment, but it was still a bad night for Al-Nassr, who lost on penalties and were knocked out of the competition.

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Al-Nassr started the game needing to make up a 1-0 loss from the first leg in the UAE, but they found themselves 3-0 down overall just before half-time thanks to two goals by Soufiane Rahimi. This meant they had a lot of work to do and they really tried.

Abdulrahman Ghareeb scored a goal before half-time and then an own goal by goalkeeper Khalid Eisa and a low free-kick from ex-Manchester United defender Alex Telles made the score 3-3 overall. This sent the match into extra-time after Cristiano Ronaldo somehow missed a chance to score from very close range..

The drama continued with Al-Nassr's Ayman Yahya sent off for a two-footed lunge and the visitors thought they had won it when Sultan Al-Shamsi netted in the 103st minute to make it 4-3. But Ronaldo made amends for his earlier miss one of 13 efforts on goal by scoring from the penalty spot in the 118th minute to send the match at