Emilio Nsue scored a brace as Equatorial Guinea humiliated Ivory Coast 4-0 to leave the host nation on the verge of elimination from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday.
The home team was left to rue a host of missed chances as Nsue opened the scoring before the break, and Pablo Ganet fired in a brilliant free kick after it, two minutes before the 34-year-old Nsue capped his performance with his fifth goal of the tournament.
Jannick Buyla completed the rout on a counterattack in the 88th.
It sent Equatorial Guinea into the knockout stage as group winner with seven points
Egypt and Ghana were battling later for second place in Group B with games against group winner Cape Verde and Mozambique, respectively. Only the top two are assured of progress.
