Ref tries to give Salah cards and whistle when Egyptian complains in AFCON final

Mohamed Salah was brutally shut down by referee Victor Gomes during the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday.

The South African official sarcastically tried to hand Salah his cards and his whistle, as if to say 'would you like to ref the game, pal?', following a series of complaints made by the Egyptian.

The Liverpool man had been in the referee's ever since the fourth minute when he took issue with his decision to award Senegal an early penalty.

Luckily for the Egyptians, goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal saved Sadio Mane's spot-kick.

But persistent whinging, from both sides, didn't let up and after half an hour Gomes was forced to put his foot down with Salah.

"That’s code for 'Shut the f*** up'," wrote on fan on social media.

"Fair play to the referee, Salah didn't want any of that," tweeted another.

"Nice one Victor Gomes for flying the South African flag," a third wrote.

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The final was eventually settled on penalties when 120 minutes of football failed to separate the two sides.

Senegal were crowed champions with Mane netting the winning penalty, redeeming himself for his earlier in the miss, to hand his nation its first ever Africa Cup of Nations victory.

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