A last gasp equaliser from Mohamed Salah ensured that the 2017 African Cup Of Nations Qualifier between Nigeria and Egypt ended in&nbsp; a 1-1 draw at a jam-packed Ahmadu Bello Stadium on Friday evening.<br /><br />The Super Eagles paid for their wastefulness in front of goal against the Pharoahs.<br /><br />Ahmed Musa took the game to the Egyptians in the early minutes as he earned free kicks for his team.<br /><br />In the 17th minute, Ahmed Hassan should have scored but he somehow failed to punish the Nigerians after a mistake from Efe Ambrose.<br /><br />One minute later, Super Eagles goalkeeper Carl Ikem produced a big save to deny the Egyptians the curtain raiser.<br /><br />Moses Simon then bombarded his way to the box before unleashing a screamer which went close as the Super Eagles started to show a bit of quality.<br /><br />In the final action of the first half, Manchester City youngster Kelechi Iheanacho forced the goalkeeper to a smart save.<br /><br />Three minutes after recess, the isolated Odion Ighalo invented a great chance for himself which went close.<br /><br />The pacy Musa then forced his way to the box before firing a tame effort which the goalkeeper confidently gathered.<br /><br />On the hour mark, the curtain raiser finally arrived.<br /><br />A well struck screamer from Iheanacho crashed off the crossbar to the path of Oghenekaro Etebo who scrambled the ball home.<br /><br />In the 65th minute, Ikeme was at his best to deny the visitors the equaliser.<br /><br />The all action Musa went close but it took the alertness of the goalkeeper to stop him from making it 2-0.<br /><br />The Super Eagles should have wrapped up the game with six minutes left in the game.<br /><br />Victor Moses latched on to a pass and dribbled the goalkeeper but his final delivery was cleared off the line by Hamada Tolba.<br /><br />The home team were to pay for that costly miss as the Hector Cuper managed side broke their hearts with a heartbreaking equaliser at injury time.<br /><br />Salah beat the offside trap when he was set up by Sobi before delivering a deadly finish beyond the helpless Ikeme.<br /><br />The reverse fixture is in Alexandria on Tuesday.<br /><br /><b>Nigeria Starting XI</b>: Carl Ikeme - Shehu Abdullahi, Stanley Amuzie, Godfrey Oboabona, Efe Ambrose - Mikel Obi (Skipper), Oghenekaro Etebo, Kelechi Iheanacho - Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Odion Ighalo<br /><br /><b>Egypt Starting XI</b>: Ahmed El-Shennawi - Omar Gaber, Ramy Rabia, Ahmed Hegazy, Hamada Tolba - Ibrahim Salah, Mohamed Elneny, Abdallah El-Said - Mahmoud Trezeguet, Ahmed Hassan Kouka, Mohamed Salah<br /><br /><b>Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><br /></b>Photo Credit : thenff.com<b><br /></b>