Mohamed Salah scored his first goal in six matches for Egypt to earn them a narrow 1-0 victory in Garoua, but the Pharoahs had VAR to thank after Guinea-Bissau’s late equaliser was controversially ruled out.

Salah volleyed home from a narrow angle in the 69th minute effort to finish a flowing team move but Egypt, who lost their opening group game to Nigeria, looked to be in real trouble when Mama Baldé scored a superb equaliser for the West African minnows.

Baldé cut in from the left and fired an unstoppable shot into the far corner, but the VAR ordered the referee to consult the pitchside monitor, and Baldé was penalised for a foul on an Egyptian defender. Egypt are second in Group D with three points and face neighbours Sudan in their final group game on Wednesday.