Algeria fought back from a goal down to beat Jordan 2-1 on Monday, keeping alive their hopes of ​reaching the World Cup knockout rounds and condemning their opponents to an early exit in Group J.

After a long and frustrating struggle to crack open a resolute Jordanian defence, Algeria turned the game around with two goals in the space of 13 second-half minutes from Nadhir Benbouali and Amine Gouiri.

Jordan absorbed waves of Algerian pressure and went ​ahead in the 36th minute after a defensive error triggered a quick attack that was finished off by Nizar Al-Rashdan low ​into the corner.

Algeria ‌got the breakthrough in the ​69th minute when substitute Benbouali headed ​home a Riyad Mahrez corner, before Gouiri prodded in a loose ball for the ​winner eight minutes from time.