Mohamed Salah showed his killer instinct to score an injury-time winner as Egypt came from behind to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in their opening match at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Liverpool forward’s trophy cabinet is stuffed with silverware from his time at Anfield but he is yet to lift the Afcon trophy with the Pharaohs, and for large parts of the game in Morocco it looked as if this campaign was likely to get off to an inauspicious start.
While Salah is nicknamed the Egyptian King, it was Prince Dube’s first-half strike which handed the Warriors the lead against the run of play in Agadir.
A combination of poor Egypt finishing and good goalkeeping from 40-year-old Washington Arubi gave the southern African side hope of pulling off a shock before Manchester City striker Omar Marmoush hammered home in the 64th minute to level things up.
And as the clocked ticked into added time it was Salah who latched on to a loose ball in the penalty area to poke home and seal three points for the seven-time champions.
Egypt will hope to improve their finishing when they face South Africa in their next Group B encounter back in Agadir on Friday, while Zimbabwe travel to Marrakesh to take on Angola.