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Cote d’Ivoire keeper suffers bizarre injury against Sierra Leone

Africa Cup of Nations favourites Ivory Coast drew with Sierra Leone late on in barely believable circumstances on Sunday night, with goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare forced off injured after conceding a bizarre goal deep into second-half stoppage time. Sangare mistakenly dropped the ball for the Ivorian’s opponents to equalise at the death at the Japoma Stadium in Cameroon.

The keeper had to dive to gather it however to prevent Ivory Coast conceding a late corner.

But while diving, Sangare’s right knee seemed to dig into the dry turf and he flipped over and lost control of the ball, fumbling it goalwards to Steven Caulker.

Centre-back Caulker then squared across goal for Alhaji Kamara who was able to fire home from close range to make it 2-2.

Sangare couldn’t bring himself to his feet due to his injury and watched on in anguish as Kamara scored.

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The Ivorian shot-stopper was down on the pitch in discomfort for several minutes after his awkward collision with the pitch and eventually had to be stretchered off.

With all five substitutes having been made by Ivory Coast, captain and former Tottenham defender Serge Aurier stepped in goal for the final few moments of the match.

He was not required to make a save with Sierra Leone not having enough time to take advantage of their one-man advantage, the game ending 2-2.

The Leone Stars now have two points from two games after also surprising Algeria in their opening Group E match, while Les Elephants have four points after beating Equatorial Guinea on match-day one.

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