“Eric Bailly missed penalty to stop Salah from returning to Liverpool earlier” – Hilarious reaction of AFCON supporters to Bailly’s penalty miss.
Fans of the continental showpiece reacted hilariously to Bailly penalty miss against Egypt, as the Manchester United star penalty miss seals Egypt qualification to the quarterfinal. That means Salah return to Liverpool is not happening today or tomorrow.
It was a tough and tense match between Ivory Coast and Egypt yesterday. The match ended 0-0 in the regular time. The winner could not even be determined after extra time. The game went on to penalties when Egypt eventually defeated Ivory Coast.
Both teams scored their first two penalties through Pepe and Sangare for Ivory Coast. Ahmed Zizo, Amroel Soulia for Egypt. It was the turn of Eric Bailly to put Cote d’Ivoire ahead in the penalties, but the Manchester United player “mindlessly” powered his shot to the right, the Egypt goalkeeper, Mohamed Abou Gabalget get his hands onto it and the ball went off the crossbar.
The penalties went on with Egypt converting the next two through Omar Kamal, Mohamed Abdelmonem. Cote d’Ioire also scored two more through Maxwel Cornet, and Wilfried Zaha, to keep the hope of qualification alive. However, Salah’s successful final penalty take marks the end of the road for Ivory Coast in the tournament, and Egypt progressed to the quarterfinal.
Fans have reacted hilariously to the Ivory Coast loss that Bailly missed the penalty on purpose to prevent early return of Salah to the English premier League.
Bailly missing that penalty on purpose 👀
— sanj (@5anjgill) January 26, 2022
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Prior to AFCON, Salah has been ruthless in front of opponents’ goal this season. He has scored sixteen goals, provided 9 assists in 20 appearances in EPL alone. Mo Salah is EPL defenders worst nightmare this season, and they will hope he stays at AFCON much longer.
Mane too is still at AFCON after Senegal 2 – 0 win over Cape Verde, but Naby Keita of Guinea, Liverpool midfielder is out of the tournament and he is expected to feature for Liverpool soon.
