Scotland were dealt another blow to their hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stages after Senegal cruised to a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq in Toronto to move into the top eight best third-placed sides.<\/p>\n
Habib Diarra opened the scoring after four minutes before Rebin Sulaka was sent off for eliminated Iraq for bringing down Sadio Mane in the 13th minute.<\/p>\n
Crystal Palace forward Ismaila Sarr added a goal and an assist, and there was a stunning second-half brace from substitute Pape Gueye before Iliman Ndiaye added a valuable fifth towards Senegal’s goal difference.<\/p>\n
Diarra opened the scoring after Abdoulaye Seck had powered a header goalwards which was flicked home by Sunderland midfielder Diarra.<\/p>\n
Things got even worse for Iraq nine minutes later when English referee Anthony Taylor, who had initially shown a caution to Sulaka, was called to the monitor and upgraded to a red card for denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity.<\/p>\n
Sarr doubled Senegal’s lead four minutes before the hour, making no mistake from close range after receiving Lamine Camara’s squared pass to become his country’s all-time World Cup top goalscorer with four goals, including three at this tournament.<\/p>\n
Gueye got himself on the scoresheet three minutes later, just 89 seconds after his introduction, and added another in the 71st minute before fellow substitute Ndiaye – who had earlier earned an assist – blasted past the hapless Hassan with eight minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
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