DR Congo 1-3 Ivory Coast: Africa Cup of Nations semi-final highlights and match report

Toure and Gervinho were both on target. Credit: PA

Ivory Coast have booked their place in the Africa Cup of Nations final following a fairly comfortable 3-1 win over DR Congo.

Yaya Toure opened the scoring with a long range thunderbolt, but it took DR Congo just 90 seconds to hit back from the spot after a handball in the penalty area from Eric Bailly.

Former Arsenal forward Gervinho capitalised on a defensive mix-up to give the Ivory Coast a deserved 2-1 half-time lead, and the points were safe when Wilfried Kanon bundled in a third with his knee.

They will play either Ghana or hosts Equatorial Guinea, who play each other on Thursday, in Sunday's showpiece final.