Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 0-1 Algeria: 5 Hits and Flops as the Desert Warriors clinch first title in 29 years

#4 Hit - Rais M’bolhi

Rais M'bolhi was exquisite in goal, once again

Earlier in the tournament, M’bolhi achieved the distinction of going over 400 minutes without conceding a goal, as he kept a clean sheet for the entirety of Algeria’s group stage matches as well as their round-of-16 clash with Guinea.

Even though he was finally beaten by Jonathan Kodjia in the quarterfinal, the 33-year-old had already laid his marker as one of the contenders to be named player of the tournament.

He went on to make a crucial penalty save in the shootout victory over Ivory Coast and also played a starring role as Algeria eliminated Nigeria in the semifinal.

He continued from where he left off in the showpiece event, pulling off a number of notable saves, particularly from Youssouff Sabaly in the second half when Senegal threw the kitchen sink at Algeria in a bid to force the equalizer.

For all their efforts however, Sadio Mane and co. could just not find a way past the Al-Ettifaq man, who kept his fifth clean sheet of the tournament.

For his efforts, M’bolhi was named the Man of the Match, as well as Goalkeeper of the tournament.