Salah breaks Egypt scoring record, Tunisia lose to Libya in AFCON qualifier
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Mohamed Salah scored twice in Egypt’s 5-0 thrashing of Malawi in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Friday, becoming the country’s leading all-time scorer with 70 goals.
The 34-year-old former Liverpool star left it late in Cairo to overtake Hossam Hassan, scoring with a far-post header in the 84th minute and from a penalty five minutes into added time.
Hassan was fired as Egypt coach last week, and replacement Ali Maher made a perfect start with goals from Nasser Maher, Omar Marmoush and Mohamed Hany building a 3-0 lead by half-time.
Egypt have seven points in Group B after three matches, three more than Angola, who host South Sudan on Saturday.
Achraf Hakimi, favourite to win a second successive African Footballer of the Year award next month, also bagged a brace as Group A pacesetters Morocco crushed Niger 5-1 in Casablanca.
Substitute Tolu Arokodaro scored twice within eight minutes as Nigeria beat Tanzania 3-1 in Uyo to get their campaign back on track.
Tunisia suffered a shock home 2-0 loss to Libya, and Kenya scored in the final minute to snatch a surprise 2-2 draw away to South Africa.
Alhassan Yusuf put Nigeria ahead after just 103 seconds and Alphonce Msanga equalised on 32 minutes following a rare Tanzanian attack.
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