Ghana's all time top scorer Asamoah Gyan may have a lot of fond memories in his storied playing career that has spurned more than a decade.

But one day that he will not like to recollect is exactly 11 years ago in South Africa when Ghana faced South American side Uruguay in the World Cup quarter finals clash.

In the match, towards the end of extra time at the 120th-minute, with the scoreline stuck at 1-1, Luis Suarez was sent off for a goalline handball clearance, leading to a spot-kick for Ghana.

The handball prevented Dominic Adiyiah from scoring the winner for the African nation. In came Gyan, his country's talisman to take the penalty.

The former Sunderland man's penalty went straight towards the crossbar, out of Fernando Muslera's reach. Having missed the penalty, Gyan did convert his spot-kick in the shootout, but the South American side edged past 4-2 on penalties.

Exactly 11 years ago today, Luis Suarez’s blatant handball prevented Ghana from becoming the first Africa nation to reach a World Cup semifinal. After the match, he said: “I made the best save of the tournament.”

Gyan is Ghana's all-time most capped player and topscorer with 51 goals in 105 appearances. He is also the African player with most goals, six, at the Fifa World Cup.

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