Video: Tottenham's Nabil Bentaleb takes a beating from his Algeria team-mates

Nabil Bentaleb is nursing a couple of sore ears after his mistake ended a game of keepy-uppies during a training session with Algeria’s Africa Cup of Nations squad.

The Tottenham midfielder was forced to let each of his colleagues flick him around the ear following the error.

Despite his best efforts to protect himself from the beating – while accepting that the ear-flicking was a necessity – the 20-year-old was clearly in some discomfort afterwards.