Result: Liberia 2-2 Algeria

Liberia 2-2 Algeria

All the action as Algeria keep their hopes alive with a last minute equaliser against Liberia in their Group A match in Bamako.

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93 mins: The game ends with the Liberians looking completely deflated by Algeria's late equaliser.

92 mins: GOAL Algeria 2-2 Kraouche sends a rocket from 25 yards out which beats the diving keeper Crayton.

87 mins: Johnson gets a yellow card for pulling back Tasfaout at the top of the box. The ensuing free-kick from Saifi goes high and wide.

86 mins: At the other end Prince Daye receives a lovely ball in but sends his shot wide.

85 mins: Algeria have the best chacne to equalise again as Tafaout hits the right post with his volley.

84 mins: Weah fires another great strike toward goal but it is deflected wide by an Algerian defender.

82 mins: Crayton makes another crucial save Akrour gets a great ball over the top of his marker, his shot goes toward the near post but Crayton comes out to narrow the shot and send it out for a corner.

79 mins: Tasfaout gets in a good position at the near post, the cross comes in but his toe punt goes a yard wide.

78 mins: Weah looks menacing as he advances into the box but his shot sails wide of the far post.

75mins: Saifi makes a great strike from the left and Crayton has to dive to his left to hold on to it as he's under pressure from several Algerian players.

74 mins: Debbah makes a good run down the right and shoots from the angle but the keeper has it covered.

72 mins: GOAL Liberia 2-1 Kelvin Sebwe gives Liberia the lead. The ball was nicely set up at the top of the box after Weah passes to Prince Daye. A two yeard lay off to Sebwe who picks his spot and fires into the right hand corner.

70 mins: Dionysius Sebwe joins his brother Kelvin on the pitch and Zizi Roberts comes off in his place.

69 mins: Edward Dixon comes off for the youngest Menyongai.

67 mins: Akrour is booked for kicking the ball away.

66 mins: Raho makes a great run and gets behind the defender to the right of the box, hemanages to keep the ball in but the ensuing corss misses his oncoming player and falls clear. The game then goes straight to Weah who puts Daye clear for Liberia he has a great shot on goal but it goes over the top.

63 mins: Roberts is shown the yellow card for a challenge on Saifi on the right of the box. Dziri is then substituted for Tasfaout.

62 mins: Weah receives the ball to the right of the box, his cross falls to Debbah who cannot get a decent shot on goal.

60 mins: Crayton does superbly to come off his line and stop a one on one with Dziri, by throwing himself at the players feet. Dziri had recieved a through ball and was put clear of the Liberian defence.

58 mins: Play is delayed as Mefta goes down claiming Weah has elbowed him off the ball. But Mefta obviously runs into Weah by mistake.

56 mins: Haddou makes a good run from defence but cannot get his cross over to Akrour and it is cleared by the Liberian defence.

55 mins: George Weah receives a harsh yellow card after what looked like an accidental clip of an Algerian player.

53 mins: Algeria make a substitution, Slatni comes off for Rahou while Mansouri returns to the pitch as does Dixon.

51 mins: Both Dixon for Liberia and Mansouri for Algeria go down after a climbing challenge from Dixon. Both are stretchered off.

47 mins: Saifi puts in a great ball but Bradji scuffs his shot as the Liberian defence clean up.

46 mins: Algeria kick off for the start of the second half. Within the first minute Johnson comes on for Kojo.

Half-time: Honours are even but Algeria had by far the most shots on goal in the first half and deserved their equaliser when it finally came.

46 mins: GOAL Algeria 1-1

. Substitute Akrour scores the equaliser for Algeria. It comes as Crayton comes off his line and fails to control a high ball near the top of the box. Akrour comes up with it and drills his shot home.

44 mins: Akrour hits the post on the right hand side as he fires in a great strike. Akrour recieves the ball from a great Saifi through ball.

39 mins: After enjoying a good 10 minutes of possession the Algerians seem to slow down slightly as Liberia take control again.

37 mins: Dziri sends a wild shot well over the bar when he could have passed to one of three players around him.

36 min: Kraouche is booked for a poor tackle on Sebwe.

35 mins: Great reflex save from Clayton after the ball is wickedly deflected by Saifi but the ball is not cleared and another shot comes in which Crayton spills and Algeria shoots well over the top with the goal at their mercy

33 mins: Debbah is shown the yellow card for a poor challenge.

32 mins: a long ball from Dziri puts Roberts under pressure, his header back tot he keeper misses the keeper who has to sprint to his left to clean up the loose ball.

29 mins: Algeria get a great chance through Akrour as he recieves the ball in the box. A misunderstanding between Roberts and keeper Crayton sees the ball go loose but Akrour cannot get hold of it and the ball is cleared.

25 mins: From the free-kick Roberts puts in a great header from four yards out but directs it straight to the goal keeper who just manages to get hold of the ball.

24 mins: Debbah is brought down just to the left of the box and wins a free-kick. Ghazi has to come off and is replaced by Akrour.

21 mins: Ghazi sends nice ball through to Kraouche to the right of the box but his shot is blocked by Jimmy Dixon.

17 mins: Ghazi comes back on after treatment.

14 mins: Ghazi goes down under a strong challenge from Zizi Roberts. Ghazi gets treatment on the side line.

11 mins: Debbah puts Daye through again but the Bastia striker puts the ball wide off balance.

7 mins: GOAL Liberia 1-0, Prince Daye picks up a great through ball and slides it past the keeper

1 min: Game kicks off Teams:
Liberia: 1-Louis Crayton; 20-Jimmy Dixon, 9-Zizi Roberts, 17-George Gebro, 21-Thomas Kojo, 6-Kelvin Sebwe, 12-Oliver Makor, 3-Edward Dixon, 14-George Weah, 10-James Debbah, 15-Prince Daye
Algeria: 1-Lounes Gaouaoui; 2-Yacine Slatni, 3-Moulay Haddou, 5-Mounir Zeghdoud, 20-Mahieddine Meftah, 21-Mohamed Bradja, 6-Yazid Mansouri, 4-Nasseredine Kraouche, 8-Billel Dziri, 9-Farid Ghazi, 18-Rafik Saifi
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)