Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal returned to the summit of the Premier League table following Sunday’s 3-2 win against a faltering Liverpool side at the Emirates Stadium reports Prime Business Africa.
The Gunners were behind Manchester City at the start of the game as the Premier League champions defeated Southampton 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Gabriel Martinelli scored within a minute of action when he finished off a perfect pass from captain Martin Odegaard.
Liverpool restored parity in the 34th minute but the game was halted for some minutes when the Reds suffered an injury setback when Trent Alexander-Arnold copped an injury and had to be replaced by Joe Gomez at half time.
Saka made it 2-1 at the start of the second half when he beat an offside trap to steer home the ball from a Gabriel Martinelli cross.
Odegaard missed a golden opportunity to increase Arsenal’s lead with a weak shot and two minutes later Liverpool supposedly punished that prolifigacy when Diogo Jota found Firmino with a perfectly weighted ball for the Brazilian to slot across Aaron Ramsdale and into the net.
Saka however scored from the spot with 14 minutes left on the clock after Gabriel Jesus was fouled by Thiago Alcantara.
Arsenal will face Leeds United in their next Premier League game while Liverpool have a huge game of immense proportion next week Sunday, October 16, against Manchester City.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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