Mohammad Salah came close to missing another penalty after hitting the crossbar and relying on the ball to rebound off the goalkeeper's backside into the back of the net. <br /><br />The Liverpool superstar linked up with the Egyptian national team for the African Cup of Nations, which will get underway next weekend. <br /><br />Egypt - who reached the final of the continental competition last time out - took on Tanzania in a friendly on Sunday night to aid their preparations.<br /><br />Egypt beat Tanzania 2-0 in their final warm-up game before their opening clash with the Ivory Coast next weekend. However, it wasn't Salah's best performance. <br /><br />Salah started the game well, providing Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' Hassan with the ball for Egypt's opening goal in the 33rd minute of the game.<br /><br />He helped Egypt dominate possession but failed to create much upfront. However, his moment to shine came when Egypt was awarded a penalty. <br /><br />Salah then stepped up to take the spot kick after Omar Marmoush was brought down in the penalty area in the 71st minute of the game. <br /><br />The Egypt international was looking to make a statement after coming under fire for his penalty-taking form at Liverpool, but he struggled to hit the target. <br /><br />He took a lengthy runup and looked to fire the ball into the top right-hand corner. However, he couldn't keep it down. <br /><br />As a result, the ball pinged off the crossbar and looked as though it would go down as another miss on Salah's penalty-taking record.<br /><br />However, thankfully for the Egyptian international, the ball hit the backside of the goalkeeper (who had dived in the correct direction) and bounced into the net. <br /><br />Salah looked relieved but a little embarrassed about how the goal had come about. Nevertheless, Egypt celebrated their second goal of the goal. <br /><br />Salah's status as Liverpool's undisputed penalty taker was threatened after he missed a penalty against Newcastle on Monday night.<br /><br />Salah had the opportunity to break the deadlock when Luis Diaz was taken down inside the box. However, his spot kick was saved by Martin Dubravka. <br /><br />Salah did make amends by scoring a second attempt later in the game. However, that didn't convince the fans - who had taken to social media to criticize him. <br /><br />They highlighted that fact Salah had missed against Arsenal in April during a 2-2 draw and how Neto denied him in March during a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth.
