Cameroon's Patrick Mboma went close with a few headers and in injury time Geremi Fotso Njitap hit the upright.

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The Elephants never got going and a scoreless second-half looked to be drifting towards a tame end when Mboma stepped up.

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Cameroon international Patrick Mboma, who joined the club on loan from Parma during the final weeks of the season, did not fit the bill either.

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The 30-year-old Nigeria captain's four goals pulled him level in the scoring charts with Mali's Freddie Kanoute, Cameroon's Patrick Mboma, Santos of Tunisia and Morocco's Youssef Mokhtari.

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