Sadio Mane was "emotional" after Liverpool's win over Leicester City on Saturday.

Mane earned his side a penalty deep into stoppage-time, which was converted by James Milner to make the scores 2-1.

And Mane was relieved his side maintained their lead at the top of the Premier League table.

Asked how he felt post-match, the forward told Liverpoolfc.com: "Emotional today.

"To be honest, I think it was a really, really tough game. We knew that before and expected it. We played the Champions League [on Wednesday] and now we carry on with this intense game. But it's normal, it's the Premier League and we have to expect it all the time.

"At the end of the day, the most important thing is the three points, it doesn't matter how tired we are.

"I think it would have been so important for us to keep managing the game, but sometimes it's not easy because Leicester is a very, very good team and caused us many problems. They equalised the game and that's why in football you never give up, that's what we try to do as a team.

"At the end of the game, we got a penalty. To be honest, we just have to say we deserved to win this game."