Amine Gouiri pounces to give Algeria victory and condemn Jordan to early World Cup exit

Algeria ⁠fought back from a goal down to beat Jordan ⁠2-1, ​keeping alive their hopes of reaching the World Cup ⁠knockout rounds and condemning their opponents to an early ⁠exit in Group J. After a long ​and frustrating ‌struggle to crack ‌open a resolute Jordanian defence, ‌Algeria turned the game around with two goals in the space of 13 second-half minutes from Nadhir Benbouali and Amine Gouiri. Jordan absorbed ‌waves of Algerian pressure and went ahead in the 36th ​minute after a defensive error triggered a quick attack that was finished off by Nizar Al-Rashdan low ⁠into the corner. Algeria got the breakthrough ​in ​the 69th minute ​when substitute Benbouali headed ​home a ‌Riyad Mahrez ​corner, ​before Gouiri prodded in a loose ball for the winner eight minutes from time. Nadhir Benbouali profile More to follow.