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Liverpool stars Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will face each other in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday, as 2017 runners-up Egypt take on 2019 runners-up Senegal

Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will face off at the Africa Cup of Nations final in Cameroon before returning separately to Merseyside after Sunday's showpiece

Egypt assistant manager Diaa El-Sayed has called on Africa Cup of Nations organisers to move their final versus Senegal back a day after their gruelling penalty victory over Cameroon.

Egypt beat Cameroon on penalties to seal a spot in Sunday's final against Senegal

Supporters were encouraged to turn up to the Olembé Stadium in good time for the crunch between Cameroon and Egypt whose boss wanted the game to be a moment of bliss for the world. There followed a slight detour from the path to felicity.

It wasn’t the result the partisans craved. Egypt had beaten them in their own expensively assembled backyard with a display of defenisve discipline, order and rigour.

Hosts Cameroon have been knocked out in the cruellest of circumstances after Egpyt beat them 3-1 on penalties. Football fans are now looking forward to a tantalising showdown between Liverpool's star forwards Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah who will go head to head in the final. Selina Sykes is joined…

Carlos Queiroz was embroiled in a heated spat with the officials in Egypt's semi-final win over Cameroon.

Egypt won on penalties to knock out the host nation.