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Manchester City defender Josko Gvardiol will undergo surgery later this week after breaking his shinbone in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Premier League, Xinhua reported. 

The 23-year-old Croatia international was forced off after 51 minutes at Stamford Bridge. Fellow center-back Ruben Dias also withdrew through injury around half an hour later.

The club said it was still working to "ascertain the full extent" of Gvardiol's injury and the expected timeframe for his recovery, according to Xinhua. 

Yasser Ibrahim’s superb header and Mohamed Salah's breakaway strike earned record seven-time champions Egypt a hard-fought 3-1 extra-time victory over Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Egypt led after 69 minutes through a brilliant 25-metre strike from Marwan Attia, but Benin forced the game into an additional 30 minutes when they equalised late on through Jodel Dossou.

Defender Ibrahim scored his first international goal on 97 minutes when he met Attia's cross with a ‌header from 15 yards that looped into the top corner of the ‌net, and Salah raced clear to add the third with the last kick of the game, according to Reuters. 

Ademola Lookman turned in a virtuoso performance as Victor Osimhen struck twice to lead Nigeria to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Mozambique in the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Nigeria’s dominance was near total as Lookman scored the opening goal and produced three assists to drive his side into the quarter-finals, where they will meet Algeria or the Democratic Republic of Congo. Akor Adams netted the other ‌goal.

The scoreline was the biggest margin of victory at the tournament ‌in Morocco and could easily have been doubled had Nigeria not spurned easy chances, according to Reuters. 

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah said his team was not among the favourites to win the Africa Cup of Nations title, but insisted they would give their best to go deeper in the tournament in Morocco, Reuters reported. 

Liverpool forward Salah scored the third goal to secure Egypt's spot in the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 3-1 extra-time victory over Benin on Monday.

Hossam Hassan's side are bidding to win the title for the first time since 2010 and a record eight times overall, according to Reuters.