It was Ivory Coast who looked like they would take the lead, and they should have done so when Yan Diomande’s cross found Nicolas Pepe inside the area, but he decided to cushion a volley back across goal when it looked easier to strike.

Substitute Deniz Undav scored his second and third goals of the World Cup and Germany rallied to clinch a spot in the knockout phase

The Manchester United forward claimed the only goal of the game in the 90th minute after coming on as a substitute.

Kessie scored Ivory Coast’s equaliser from the penalty spot with four minutes left before stepping up to score the decisive effort in the shoot-out.

Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso scored in each half to secure an opening win in Abidjan.