How Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd and Premier League stars fared in AFCON quarter-finals

The Africa Cup of Nations is in its final week following the weekend’s four Quarter-Final ties in which eight teams continued to provide the drama and entertainment of an unforgettable tournament.

Hosts Cameroon were hoping to continue their impressive tournament so far, while four of Africa’s biggest names in Senegal, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia were also in action.

But three surprise packages in Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Gambia were also looking to continue their remarkable fairytales so far.

And after another entertaining weekend, we are down to the final four ahead of the semi-finals on Wednesday and Thursday, before the final comes around on Sunday.

Here is a full round-up of how each Premier League player got on in the quarter-finals of AFCON 2021, as a semi-final place was up for grabs.

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Mohamed Elneny is through to the semi-finals with Egypt after their 2-1 extra time win against Morocco on Sunday, in which the midfielder started and played the full 120 minutes.

Omar Rekik’s AFCON journey is over after Tunisia lost 1-0 to Burkina Faso on Saturday, with the defender failing to make an appearance off the bench and adding to his two cameo appearances at the tournament.

Trezeguet helped Egypt into the last four after coming on as a half-time substitute before scoring the winner in the 100th minute during extra time to help his side come from behind to beat Morocco 2-1 on Sunday.

Bertrand Traore also advanced to the semi-finals after his Burkina Faso side shocked Tunisia with a 1-0 defeat on Saturday, although the winger was an unused substitute for the tie.

Edouard Mendy will take part in the semi-finals with Senegal, despite not keeping a clean