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'This will haunt me for the rest of my life': Asamoah Gyan admits he cried all night after missing last-minute penalty in Ghana's World Cup quarter-final shootout defeat by Uruguay in 2010

Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has admitted his extra-time penalty miss for Ghana against Uruguay in their 2010 World Cup quarter-final will haunt him for the rest of his life.

The Black Stars reached the last-eight stage in South Africa in what was just their second World Cup campaign.

And Ghana were on the verge of becoming the first African team to reach a World Cup semi-final when they were awarded a penalty in added time of the second period of extra-time after Luis Suarez's had used his hand to prevent Dominic Adiyiah's header from finding the net.