Mohamed Salah's career has come a long way from Chelsea cast-off to Ballon d'Or candidate, and Liverpool's Egyptian King continues to climb up the Premier League record book.

Egypt were defeated in a tense semi-final against Senegal, with Salah’s former Liverpool teammate Sadio Mané scoring the decisive goal in a 1-0 win. The wait for international silverware goes on for Salah, who scored four goals in five games for Egypt at this year’s edition.

The seven-time champions were forced to rely on late intervention from their talisman after failing to convert a dominant opening spell, with Marmoush’s second-half equaliser and Salah’s stoppage-time strike proving why Egypt are one of the favourites ...