Egypt grab home win over Senegal

A fourth-minute own goal by Senegal goalkeeper Saliou Ciss was enough to give Egypt a 1-0 win in the first leg of their World Cup play-off in Cairo.

Ciss was incredibly unlucky when a shot from Mohamed Salah bounced back off the bar and struck him on the back.

The match was billed as a rerun of the recent Africa Cup of Nations final – won by Senegal on penalties after the match ended 0-0 – and to an extent, it captured the cagey nature of that occasion back in February, with few chances of significance. The game featured Liverpool’s two-star strikers Salah and Sadio Mane, but neither of them had stellar games.

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