Mohamed Salah and Egypt got lucky with a last ditched penalty against heart-broken Mozambique

Egypt could only take a point from their first Africa Cup of Nations game against minnows Mozambique, thanks to a last-ditch Mohamed Salah penalty.

Egypt opened the scoring after just two minutes. Mohamed Salah failed to control a ball into the box and Mostafa Mohamed was able to spin and send a powerful effort into the bottom corner.

Trezeguet almost added a second soon after but was only able to strike the base of the post with a fierce low drive.

Mozambique levelled proceedings, scoring their first goal at the AFCON in 14 years, early in the second half, as Witi netted a superb header to stun Egypt.

And just a minute later, Clesio Bauque added a second for Mozambique to turn the game completely on its head, sprinting beyond a last-ditch slide tackle from Ahmed Hegazi and finishing coolly into the corner.

With just eight minutes remaining, the ball dropped to Salah in the area, but he shanked his volley wide, with a finish more befitting a defender.

In injury time, Egypt were given a shock reprieve, as a penalty was awarded after Mohamed was brought down in the area, following a lengthy VAR check.

Salah stepped up and scored, getting Egypt out of jail late on, but the final result papered over the cracks of a poor performance from the Liverpool man and his national team.

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