Tunisia knocked Nigeria out of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after securing a 1-0 win in Sunday's Round of 16 encounter.
Youssef Msakni scored the only goal at the Roumde Adjia Stadium in the 47th minute after a cagey first-half and the Super Eagles found it difficult to grab an equaliser.
Nigeria came close to opening the scoring in the 12th minute, but Joe Aribo's effort was deflected out by Bilel Ifa for a corner-kick and it turned out to be their best scoring opportunity in the first-half.
Eight minutes later, Iheanacho received the first yellow card of the encounter in the 20th minute after hitting Msakni’s face.
Tunisia broke the deadlock through Msakni, who fired a low right-footed shot past goalkeeper Maduka Okoye after beating Ola Aina and Wilfred Ndidi.
Nigeria responded to the set-back with the introduction of Alex Iwobi and Peter Olayinka for Iheanacho and Taiwo Awoniyi on the hour-mark.
However, things turned worse for Eguavoen's side as Iwobi was given his marching orders for stepping on Msakni and a VAR check turned an initial yellow card to a straight red card.
Late in the game, Umar Sadiq connected with a through ball from Olayinka but his shot, after beating goalkeeper Bechir Ben Said, narrowly went off target.
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