AFCON 2015: Last gasp Gyan strike stuns Algeria

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan struck a dramatic late winner to keep alive his side’s hopes of reaching the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

In a game of very few chances, Gyan snatched an unlikely victory when he latched on to a long ball and angled in a drive in stoppage time.

Algeria missed the only other clear chance when Nabil Bentaleb side-footed well wide from 12 yards on 20 minutes.

The game had looked set to remain goalless until Gyan’s late strike.

Gyan missed Ghana’s opening match loss to Senegal because of a bout of malaria and although he was understandably lacking sharpness on his return, he persevered until the very end to rescue his team.