In the tournament’s ‘Group of Death’ neither side could afford a defeat in the first game, and both teams set up not to lose as oppose to going all out for the win, Senegal particularly seemed to sit back and try and use the speed of Diouf and Sow on the counter inside the jungle stadium in Mongomo, full of colorful and well spirited fans. 

Senegal's early signs of domination were then spurned as Senegal keeper Bouna Coundoul brought down Everton winger Christian Atsu for a penalty, and Andre Ayew (captaining the side in the absence of Gyan who is suffering with malaria) made no mistake from the spot to send The Black Stars into a 12th minute lead with a chip down the middle of the goal. 

The goal invited Senegal out of their comfort zone in search for a goal, leaving space for Atsu and both Ayew who had the ability to punish if given the opportunity and Atsu came close after latching onto Jordan Ayew's through ball, and his curling effort went just wde. 

But Alain Giresse’s Senegal side, did pose a threat - particularly at set pieces, towering defender Serigne Mbodji powered a header against the crossbar before Diouf forced a save from Brimah with a spectacular bicycle kick. 

Neither side were helped by the pitch surface, which was tearing up, the second game the competition has seen on it in jut two days, the grounds man had worked hard on the grass. A bobble denied Senegal’s Stephane Badji an early opportunity, before late on in the first half Coundoul was lucky to make contact with a horribly bobbling back-pass, which he managed to slice away for a corner.  

But Ghana never looked comfortable in defense, and Diouf’s goal, when it came, was no surprise, the Stoke striker who had been lively throughout, was the quickest to react when his own header came back off the post in the 57th minute, nodding the rebound over the line. 

Both sides had chances in the closing stages, Pape Kouly Diop charging through a non-existent Ghana defense before dragging his shot wide from just inside the box, before Jordan Ayew put a header wide from seven yards out. 

But, it looked as though both would have to settle for a point until Moussa Sow sent his side into ecstacy with a last-gasp winner. Sow, preferred off the bench to Newcastle’s Papiss Cisse, latched onto a through ball, with questionable defending, he smashed home in the 94th minute, and the celebrations were uncontrollable as Avram Grant's men lay on the turf in despair.