Agahowa scores again

Nigeria had the chance of going into the break a goal up after they were awarded a penalty when Oliver Makor handled the ball after a cross from Kanu.

But Finidi George's spot-kick was never quite hard enough, and Louis Crayton was able to get down low enough in time to push the ball clear.

Crayton pulled off a series of spectacular saves to keep Liberia in the running, and has been Liberia's player of the tournament.

For Weah it was an inauspicious end to what has been a limited international career.

He promised that the Nations Cup would be his last outing in a Lone Star shirt.

And he has quit as coach.

Weah says many of the players are his close friends, but he has become fed up with the money troubles and the political interference that always haunts the team.

Nigeria stay in Bamako for their quarter-final on Sunday, where they will play the runner-up from Group B.