Mohamed Salah sets up Sadio Mane meeting in Afcon semi-finals

Mohamed Salah scored Egypt's third goal in a 3-2 victory over Ivory Coast, and the Liverpool star is now just two wins away from glory on the international stage

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Mohamed Salah scored what proved to be the decisive goal as Egypt edged a five-goal quarter-final against Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The victory sets up a semi-final clash between Egypt and Senegal, which will feature the intriguing subplot of Salah coming up against former Reds teammate Sadio Mane.

Egypt took a two-goal lead against Ivory Coast through Omar Marmoush and Ramy Rabia before an own-goal from Ahmed Abou El Fotouh made the score 2-1.

Salah restored Egypt's cushion before Guela Doue pulled another goal back for Ivory Coast, but there was to be no further scoring as Egypt secured the final semi-final spot.

Senegal secured a spot in the last four courtesy of a 1-0 win over Mali, which was secured by a goal from Everton player Iliman Ndiaye.

Salah and Mane played alongside each other for five years at Anfield, winning the Premier League and the Champions League in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

The other semi-final will be contested by Morocco and Nigeria after each of their quarter-finals ended in 2-0 wins, over Cameroon and Algeria respectively.