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By Brian Homewood
KUMASI, Ghana, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Ghana coach Claude LeRoy said his team were let off the hook by Ivory Coast before coming back to win 4-2 in Saturday's third-place match at the African Nations Cup.
Ivory Coast led 2-1 after only 32 minutes and had several chances to add a third before Ghana struck back with three goals in the last 20 minutes.
"We were not far from being completely out of the game by halftime," said LeRoy.
"I told my players that maybe something would happen in the second half because we were still alive... and we tried to sort out what was wrong."
"I'm so happy we have won this game," added the coach, who said on Friday that he had been offered the chance to continue in the post.
Ivory Coast's Gerard Gili looked somewhat shell-shocked after his team, who began the tournament among the title favourites, conceded four goals for the second game in a row.
"My players have had a good tournament and I think we could have won the game in the first half," said Gili.
"Ghana came back well in the second half and we were beaten by the quality of their football."
