Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah has admitted the Black Stars need a miracle to secure a place at the 2018 World Cup.

Black Stars lost more ground to main rivals Egypt with a disappointing 2-0 loss in Alexandria at the weekend. Ghana failed to make their territorial dominance count as a goal in each half from AS Roma forward Mohamed Salah and Abdalla Saied secured the vital victory at the Borg El Arab Stadium.

The result has left Ghana needing wins in their remaining four games to qualify to Russia as they are now five and three points adrift Egypt and Uganda respectively.

"Yeah it’s very tough because we have one point, Egypt have six and Uganda have four points,’ the Russia-based player said.

"But we have hopes because there are four more games left and we have to focus on winning game after game which will be tough. Egypt came to win and we also wanted to win but at the end they got the better of us. Ghana played very well but at the end of the game we didn’t win so it does not count."

source:supersport.com