Egypt player ratings after dismissing Ivory Coast - Salah yet to find rhythm at Afcon

The Al Ahly gloveman was at his usual best in goals and his efforts saw him ending up being injured two minutes before regulation time.

The right-back had Nicolas Pepe to deal with and he did well to shut out the Arsenal star.

Coming back from injury, the Zamalek man did not disappoint playing as a left-back where he frustrated Max Gradel in some moments of the contest.

The centre-back led from the back and showed his experience.

Hegazy managed to keep at bay waves of attacks by the Elephants and was a threat to head in setpieces for Egypt.

The 22-year-old combined well with Hegazy at the back and deserves two thumbs up.

In some moments, the central midfielder struggled to win the midfield battle and left the backline exposed.

The Arsenal midfielder has started all four of Egypt's matches in this tournament but has been struggling to impose himself in attack.

He has been doing very little to supply the men in front of him with clean balls although he has done commendably well in recoveries.

He was paired in central midfield with his Al Ahly teammate Al Sulaya but was the weakest of the two.

That created the pathway for Ivorian attacks to leave the centre-backs under pressure in dealing with the likes of Sebastien Haller and Ibrahim Sangare.

Salah is struggling to click with the other Pharaohs attackers and no formidable combination has been witnessed so far.

His major influence in this game was, however, converting the deciding penalty which sent Egypt through.

The Stuttgart forward started the match on a promising note but fizzled out as the game progressed.

That saw him being the first man to be taken off by coach Carlos Queiroz in the 71st minute.

The Galatasaray star was guilty of missing a number of chances.

It was a surprise he lasted so long in the match, only to be substituted on 90 minutes.

Trezeguet did nothing to change the game with his fresh legs after coming on for Marmoush.

His performance could justify why Queiroz has not been handing him regular game time despite getting into this tournament after a long injury layoff.

He was thrown in for Fathi as Queiroz sought to throw more numbers upfront, but the Zamalek attacker failed to score.

The Zamalek goalkeeper came on for the injured El Shenawy and did well to maintain a clean sheet.

He picked up from where El Shenawy had left off and went on to become a hero by saving Manchester United defender Eric Bailly's penalty.

The Al Ahly forward was not very different from Mostafa Mohamed whom he came in for.