Egypt v Benin live: Mohamed Salah scores Egypt’s third as Pharaohs win in extra time of Afcon last-16 | OneFootball

Egypt scraped into the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with an extra-time 3-1 victory over underdogs Benin.

Mohamed Salah’s Pharaohs were heavy favourites, having qualified from the group stage with a game to spare, but the Cheetahs went toe to toe with the seven-time champions over more than 120 minutes in Agadir.

Marwan Attia broke the deadlock in the 69th minute with a stunning strike from range after latching on to a Mohamed Hany cutback.

But the Cheetahs refused to let their heads drop after going behind. Egypt keeper Mohamed El Shenawy palmed away a superb Junior Olaitan cross which looked destined for the top corner, but was powerless to stop substitute Jodel Dossou tapping in the rebound for an 83rd-minute equaliser.

But a well-worked corner routine in the first half of extra half broke Benin’s hearts, as Yasser Ibrahim blasted home a fine header, and as Benin wilted in the closing stages Mohamed Salah fired in Egypt’s third with almost the last kick of the game.