Antar Yahia scored the only goal of the game in Blida

Senegal regained top spot in Group Six of the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers following their 3-1 win over Liberia on Saturday.

Defender Ibrahim Sonko put the Teranga Lions on their way with the opener after just eight minutes of action.

El Hadji Diouf doubled the lead in the 34th minute before Henri Camara's goal in the 63rd minute.

But the visitors rallied and pulled one back through Dioh Wlilliams on the stroke of full-time.

The win took Senegal back to the summit of the group with eight points, two more than previous leaders Algeria who beat Gambia 1-0 on Friday.

Defender Antar Yahia scored after 31 minutes in Blida to earn the Desert Foxes the victory over the west Africans.

The Blida clash of nations with realistic ambitions of finishing at least second and progressing to the final qualifying phase was overshadowed by Gambian claims that some players were intimidated during the first game.

Senior Gambian football official Jammeh Bojang informed Fifa and Caf that two Algerian players told striker Ousman Jallow they were "terrorists" and threatened to bomb the visitors' hotel in north Africa.

An Algerian official dismissed the allegations as "baseless".

The match at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium 50 kilometres south of capital city Algiers passed without incident.