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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah targeted by lasers before Egypt penalty miss

It's not a sight you see very often, but Mohamed Salah's penalty miss against Senegal on Tuesday night was as wild as it was unexpected.

The Premier League's top scorer, normally deadly from the spot, approached the ball with his trademark run-up, but with the immense pressure of World Cup qualification on the line, this time he could only smashed it over the bar.

Instead it was once again left to Anfield teammate Sadio Mane to seal glory for Senegal - as he did in the AFCON final - and send the Lions of Teranga to Qatar, while Egypt were left to ponder what might have been.

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