Jamie Carragher slammed Egypt’s decision after the AFCON final (Pictures: Getty/CBS)Jamie Carragher says it was ‘madness’ that Mohamed Salah did not take a penalty in Egypt’s shootout defeat to Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Salah was due to take Egypt’s fifth penalty but the final was lost before he stepped up as two of his team-mates missed from the spot. ‘That is why your best penalty taker should never go fifth,’ Liverpool legend Carragher said on social media after the final. ‘Mo Salah not taking a penalty for Egypt in a shootout in a final is madness. ‘Mane hit that penalty without any doubt he would score, which is incredible with the pressure he was under.

Source: Metro February 07, 2022 23:21 UTC