Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez is wary of Kenya being something of an unknown commodity when the two teams kick off their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign on Sunday. We (the current players) never played against them,” Mahrez told a news conference on Saturday. READ ALSO: Sudan protesters hold gatherings to rekindle movementMahrez is Algeria’s highest-profile player as they bid for their first Cup of Nations success since 1990. But the Manchester City winger, who was named African Footballer of the Year in 2016, said he did not see himself as a talisman for the side. “We don’t go into the game of worrying about who is a great player or who has won the African Footballer of the Year award,” he said.

Source: Punch June 22, 2019 14:03 UTC