THE MIGHTY WAH BANG ON SONG

SUNDERLAND flop Wahbi Khazri went out of the World Cup with a bang with Tunisia’s 66th-minute winner.

The 27-year-old raider repaid the Black Cats’ £9million investment with just three goals in 38 appearances.

But Khazri scored his nation’s second goal in their 5-2 defeat by Belgium – and popped up again last night to smash the ball into the roof of the net following Oussama Haddadi’s low cross.

That followed Khazri setting up the equaliser from Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (left).

Khazri (inset) was reinvigorated by a season on loan at Rennes and now St Etienne are understood to be keen to strike a deal with Sunderland to keep him in France. Yet it had all looked so encouraging for a Panama side licking their wounds following a 6-1 whipping by England. The tournament minnows took the lead after 33 minutes, although it owed as much to good fortune as craft. Roman Torres tried his luck only to see his shot blocked and run loose to Jose Luis Rodriguez, who let rip from 25 yards. It took a huge deflection off Yassine Meriah to leave keeper Aymen Mathlouthi stranded. Rodriguez celebrated his first international goal but his personal joy was short-lived when the effort was credited to Meriah as an own goal.

Six minutes into the second half Naim Sliti worked the ball to Khazri, who found space down the right and pulled the ball across goal for unmarked Ben Youssef to drive home from six yards and make it 1-1.