Leroy Sane and Sadio Mane (left) exchange words on the pitch Photo: Offside/Simon Stacpoole
Bayern Munich star Sadio Mane has been suspended by the German club after a dressing room fight with teammate Leroy Sané following their loss to Manchester City.
Reports from Germany claim Mane slapped the former City striker in the face after the altercation turned ugly after Bayern's 3-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.< /p>
Mane, the former Liverpool striker, and Sané were seen pitted against each other late in the game, with the Bundesliga champions announcing the Senegalese international would not be playing in Saturday's game against Hoffenheim.
“Sadio Mane, 31, will not be included in Bayern's squad for this Saturday's home game against Hoffenheim.
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— C (@video2169) April 12, 2023
“This is due to his misconduct after Bayern. #39; Champions League match in Manchester City. Mane will also be fined"
The quarrel is believed to have boiled over when they disappeared into the tunnel, and apparently ended in a fight between the players in the dressing room.
It is said that Mane was unhappy with the way Sane spoke. to him during an argument and allegedly reacted by punching the German international in the face.
According to Sky Germany, Sané was left with a bleeding lip before the couple were separated.
Mane is said to have been taken away by private car at Munich airport when the team returned to Germany on Wednesday, with Sané boarding the team's coach.
Bayern faced a huge challenge to close the 3-0 gap. in the second leg of the quarter-finals at the Allianz Arena next Wednesday.
But coach Thomas Tuchel faces a bigger problem in trying to prevent a feud between his two star players from escalating.
p> < img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/803b6e15694a155c233e01eb2e6750c4.jpg" />Leroy Sane and Sadio Mane (left) had an argument on the pitch. Photo: Shutterstock/Peter Powell
Tuchel was named as a replacement for Julian Nagelsmann last month and is fighting to ease tensions in the camp.
Mane was introduced as a substitute in the 69th minute against City who scored their second goal within a minute of after the Senegalese took the field after a mistake by Dayot Upamecano was taken up by Jack Grealish, allowing Erling Haaland to cross Bernardo and go home. Haaland added City's third goal six minutes later.
The Bayern players looked annoyed immediately after City's second goal.
Mane's first season has been a mixed one since he joined Bayern Munich from Liverpool last summer on a £35m deal.
He scored 11 goals in 32 appearances for the German champions but conceded three months due to an injury following surgery to repair the tendon of his right fibula, which also caused him to miss the World Cup final against Senegal.
Sané. He's had his own struggles and reports surfaced last month that he was unhappy with Bayern and was traveling between Munich, London and Manchester because his model wife Candice Brooke reputedly no longer wants to live in Germany. Sane moved from City to Bayern in 2020 for £55m.
City resume their search for the treble when they face Leicester City at the Etihad on Saturday night. Guardiola allayed concerns about Kevin de Bruyne's injury, saying that replacing Julián Alvarez with the Belgian midfielder was a «tactical» decision.
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