The west Africans threw away a golden chance when they drew against 10-man Australia over the weekend.

The Rennes striker, who netted the winner in the opening 1-0 victory over Serbia, was the hero for the second game in succession with his penalty handing his country a share of the spoils.

"We have to play as a team," he said, ahead of the tie against the three-time winners on Wednesday.

"All Ghanaians are expecting a win from us and even though a draw will do, we are not going for that.

"We want a win. If it does happen to be a draw, we will still qualify, but as I said, we have to think positively and try to win."

The lanky striker, though, admitted that he was a little disappointed not to have beaten Australia.

He continued: "Sure, we had a good opportunity to win this game. We knew after the red card, actually we were convinced, that we were capable of winning.

"But at the end it was a 1-1 draw and that's football. We just have to concentrate on the next game and try and win."

Gyan has had an outstanding season for club and country, netting 13 goals for his French club, while he was also one of the heroes in Ghana's run to the African Nations Cup final earlier this year.

He added: "I've played really well for my club this season. I scored a lot of goals and internationally as well, I've scored.

"Mentally, I think I'm okay, I've regained my confidence, but I hope it continues."