Sadio Mane once again got the better of Mohamed Salah on the international stage
For Mohamed Salah, it was a familiar feeling of anguish on the international stage.
The Liverpool forward looked on in dismay and disbelief as the referee's whistle sounded at the Grand Stade de Tanger on Wednesday night and consigned Egypt to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.
In a stale and largely uneventful affair in Tangier, Morocco, it was Sadio Mane's thumping effort 12 minutes from time that was enough to secure Senegal's place in Sunday's final.
This was not in the script for Salah nor Egypt, who arrived in Morocco last month openly targeting a first Afcon title since 2010.
