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AFCON 2023: Cote d’Ivoire go top of Super Eagles’ group after Guinea-Bissau win
Cote d’Ivoire have gone top of Group A, following a 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the opening fixture of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The hosts, backed by a vociferous crowd, were looking to begin the tournament in fine style.
They were ahead within the first five minutes of the encounter, as Seko Fofana cut in and produced a powerful curling effort past the goalkeeper.
In the 58th minute, Jean-Philippe Krasso doubled their advantage, after pouncing on a defensive blunder.
The Ivorians will stay top of the group, at least until Nigeria face Equatorial Guinea on Sunday afternoon.
Kick-off for the fixture is 3:00 pm West African Time (WAT).
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said they cannot “cry about” the 1-1 draw at Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Arteta, however, insisted his team deserved to take all three points.
Raul Jimenez opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half before William Saliba levelled in the 52nd minute.
Speaking after the match, Arteta said: “Gutted that we didn’t win it. We fully deserved to win it. That’s the quality of the opposition, so you cannot cry about it. We generated all the chances but it’s so difficult to attack.”
Arsenal had 70 per cent possession and VAR denied Bukayo Saka what would have been a late winner.
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted his team did not do enough to beat Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Red Devils suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time under Amorim, losing 3-2 to Nuno Espirito Santo’s men.
Goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood moved Forest up to fifth place, with Rasmus Hojlund and Bruno Fernandes getting on the scoresheet for United.
The result leaves United in 13th place, 10 points above relegation places.
Amorim, speaking with BBC Sport, said: “Tough game. We started really bad. The first play we suffered a goal and then it’s hard to try to fight. We then controlled the game and had a lot of situations.
“We improved the movement in the last third. We managed to draw the game and then, at halftime, we were ready to go for the win and then started really bad. Two goals. Then we tried a lot of things with not a lot of quality.
“We didn’t have many situations to score. Tough game in a tough moment but we have to continue the job.”
Ola Aina has won Nottingham Forest’s Player of the Month for November.
The Nigerian international won the most votes in a poll on the club’s official website.
Aina scored his first Forest goal of the month against West Ham United.
The 28-year-old also helped Nuno Espirito Santo keep two clean sheets during the month.
It was the first time he will be winning the award this season.
The full-back has made 14 league appearances for the Tricky Trees this season.
He is expected to be in action when Forest take on Manchester United at the Old Trafford on Saturday (today).
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