African side, Senegal painfully lost to Netherlands in their Group A opener in the World Cup 2022.
Both teams failed to break the deadlock in the first half.
Seven attempts from the Dutch couldn’t produce an effort on target.
With just six minutes to close the game, Cody Gakpo nodded Frenkie de Jong’s delivery past Edouard Mendy.
Netherlands got their second goal through Davy Klaassen at the 90+9 minutes mark.
Senegal’s Sadio Mane was missing in action because of an injury. Nonetheless, the Senegalese did not perform badly at all.
On this score, Netherlands leads Group A of the Qatar World Cup 2022 with three points.
Ecuador is also having three points after defeating the host Nation, Qatar on Sunday.
Senegal and Qatar are the bottom-placed teams with no points.
