Intro:

Reaction after Ghana defeat highly-fancied Algeria 1-0 on Friday (23 January) in Mongomo in Africa Cup of Nations Group C.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: Avram Grant, Ghana coach
"I didn't like it in the last game when they score against us in the last minute. Now we scored in the last minute. But I think we deserve it, we was the better team today. And we played against a team that is ranking the first in Africa, they did it very well in the first game at the World Cup. I have a lot of sympathy to the Algeria team playing good football.

SOUNDBITE: Andre Ayew, Ghana
"We I think there is no way to explain it. We just wanted to win this game, now we won it in the last minute and in a difficult way. But as I said, Ghana is not a small team... so for me, I'm not surprised with the victory. I think we had the quality to win this game. Algeria is a great team."

SOUNDBITE: Christian Gourcuff, Algeria coach
"Against South Africa we started very well, the first half we were good, during the second half it was the score which changed. Today we played the second half better than the first one. Then the game was more free, we saw some spaces. We stayed organised until the last minute... it was a fast goal."