Musona hat-trick earns Zimbabwe victory as Ghana thrash Ethiopia

Zimbabwe captain Knowledge Musona hit a hat-trick as his new-look national side beat Liberia 3-0 in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Harare on Sunday.
In other results on Sunday, Kwesi Appiah's second spell as Ghana coach began with a 5-0 thrashing of Ethiopia in Kumasi.
The twelve group winners plus the best three group runners-up will qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations along with the hosts Cameroon.
Friday:Grp H: Ivory Coast 2-3 Guinea
Grp A: Sudan 1-3 MadagascarGrp G: DR Congo 3-1 Congo
Grp E: Libya 5-1 SeychellesGrp I: Burkina Faso 3-1 Angola
Saturday:Grp C: Mali 2-1 Gabon
Grp B: Malawi 1-0 ComorosGrp A: Senegal 3-0 Equatorial Guinea
Grp C: Burundi 3-0 South SudanSunday:
Grp K: Zambia 0-1 MozambiqueGrp G: Zimbabwe 3-0 Liberia
Grp I: Botswana 0-1 MauritaniaGrp H: CAR 2-1 Rwanda
Grp B: Cameroon 1-0 MoroccoGrp D: Benin 1-0 The Gambia
Grp J: Niger 0-0 SwazilandGrp F: Ghana 5-0 Ethiopia
Grp K: Guinea-Bissau 1-0 NamibiaGrp L: Cape Verde 0-1 Uganda
Grp E: Nigeria 0-2 South AfricaGrp D: Algeria 1-0 Togo
Grp F: Sierra Leone 2-1 KenyaGrp J: Tunisia 1-0 Egypt
Grp L: Tanzania 1-1 Lesotho
Knowledge Musona took over the Zimbabwe captaincy for the Group G game against Liberia after Willard Katsande - who had skippered the Warriors at this year's Nations Cup in Gabon - was dropped.
Belgium-based Musona's first strike came on 24 minutes, with Zimbabwe taking that one-goal advantage into the break.
His second came just five minutes into the second half and the Warriors captain was able to celebrate his hat-trick with a goal in the 63rd minute.
It was Zimbabwe's first hat-trick in 13 years - Peter Ndlovu was the last man to achieve the feat.
The result puts Zimbabwe top of Group G, after DR Congo beat Congo Brazzaville 3-1 on Saturday.
Zimbabwe are targeting a fourth appearance at the Nations Cup finals.

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