Egypt forward Marmoush scored his first two goals for City in the space of five minutes and added a third before the break.

Zikry has known City’s new forward since they were at primary school and they played together at Marmoush’s first club, Wadi Degla, in southern Cairo. (The top photo shows Zikry, now a goalkeeper for WE Sporting Club in Egypt’s second division, centre of the front row, with Marmoush directly behind him; the photo below shows them together.)

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