Riyad Mahrez makes his mark as Algeria beat Kenya

Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez was on target as Algeria launched their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 2-0 Group C win over Kenya.Baghdad Bounedjah scored from the penalty spot in the 34th minute to give Les Fennecs the lead.A meandering run fromYoucef Atal was brought to an end by a poor challenge fromDennis Odhiambo and Bounedjah made no mistake from the resulting penalty.Mahrez then doubled the advantage two minutes before the break when his shot from Ismael Bennacers cut-back was deflected past goalkeeper Patrick Matasi by Abud Omar.Kenya were more of a threat after the interval but failed to test Algeria goalkeeper Rais MBolhi, withMichael Olungas shot that was blocked by Aissa Mandi as close as they came.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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