Salah turned in the field and slammed the ball towards the crossbar with the rebound hitting Senegal defender Saliou Ciss and rolling into the net for an own-aim.
The eagerly awaited clash turned into a repeat of the Africa Cup of Nations very last final month, which Senegal received four-2 on consequences in Cameroon after one hundred twenty goalless mins.
Sadio Mane, a Liverpool teammate of Salah and scorer of the triumphing penalty inside the African identify decider, became intently guarded by means of Egypt.
He did have a threat soon after half-time without work a Bouna Sarr move, however a close-range header flew simply huge of the put up.
The Cairo conflict become one of 3 first legs decided with the aid of a solitary purpose with Algeria winning 1-0 towards Cameroon in Douala and Tunisia accomplishing a comparable end result against Mali in Bamako.
Ghana and Nigeria played a zero-0 draw in Kumasi and Morocco came from at the back of to hold the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-1 in Kinshasa.
The 5 2d legs are scheduled for Tuesday and the aggregate winners will represent Africa at the World Cup in Qatar from November 21.
Nigeria needed to settle for a draw in Ghana after VAR overruled a selection to award the visitors a overdue penalty. A evaluate determined that Ghana midfielder Iddrisu Baba became fouled before he treated.
Ghana came closest to breaking the deadlock with Nigerian goalkeeper Francis Uzoho pulling off a terrific store to disclaim Fatahu Ishaku in the first half of.
Veteran Lyon ahead Islam Slimani scored 5 mins earlier than 1/2-time to present Algeria victory over Cameroon.
