Mohamed Salah missed a penalty for Egypt of their AFCON warm-up sport to increase his depressing penalty document.
Just days earlier than the beginning of AFCON, it didn’t go to plan for Egypt’s principal man within the Pharaohs’ warm-up pleasant in opposition to Tanzania on Sunday. While the hopes of a nation relaxation on his shoulders, the Liverpool star didn’t do a lot to guarantee followers heading into the match as he drew a clean on the scoreboard and hit the bar from the spot.
Former Aston Villa ahead Trezeguet opened the scoring simply after the half hour mark earlier than Salah stepped up from 12 yards out within the second half. After a deep breath, Salah smashed his spot kick onto the bar earlier than it bounced down and struck the again of the diving goalkeeper, deflecting the ball into the web and giving Egypt their second objective within the 2-0 win.
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Despite the penalty finally ending up behind the web, the objective was given as an personal objective by the unlucky Tanzania keeper Aishi Manula, as a result of with out the deflection off his again, the ball would’ve gone cannoning out again into play. Another missed penalty from Salah follows on from him seeing his effort from the spot saved by Martin Dubravka in opposition to Newcastle United final Monday (January, 1).
Dubrvaka’s save meant that Salah had failed to attain seven instances from the spot for Liverpool, which means he’s missed essentially the most penalties for Liverpool since becoming a member of in 2017 – scoring 23 of his 29 makes an attempt. Only Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen have missed extra penalties for the Reds.
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The miss was additionally the 31-year-old’s tenth of his profession and his third for Egypt, lacking his earlier two in the identical sport in opposition to Niger in a 6-0 win in 2018. Salah beforehand went three years between September 2018 and September 2021 with out lacking a penalty however has since missed seven.
The seven-time AFCON winners start their marketing campaign in opposition to Mozambique subsequent Sunday (January, 14) earlier than dealing with Ghana and Cape Verde of their subsequent two group video games.