Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal are guaranteed top spot in the English Premier League heading into Christmas as they held on to a pulsating 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday evening, reports Prime Business Africa.
The Gunners led through Brazilian defender Gabriel Melhagues who headed home from a corner in the 4th minute albeit had to be confirmed by the VAR officials.
Liverpool restored parity at almost half an hour played as Mohamed Salah evaded the attention of Oleksandr Zinchenko to gøre past David Raya in goal.
The goal was a historic one for the Egyptian which has moved him to the 10th place on the all-time Premier League topscorers list with 151 goals ahead of another Liverpool legend, Michael Owen.
The Reds pressed hard in the second half and hit the woodwork twice through Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
There were individual piece of spectacular performances from both sides as Ibrahim Konate in defence for Liverpool and the duo of Declan Rice in the heartbeat of Arsenal midfield – and William Saliba in defence – made the game an exhilarating watch.
Anglo-Nigerian Bukayo Saka was one of the players who was yellow-carded and played on the edge and was ultimately lucky not to be sent off after he lunged in on a Liverpool player but was adjudged not go have committed a professional foul.
The inability of Arsenal to fashion out a wineams that they have not won on the ground for 12 years.
Manager Mikel Arteta was still a player, and captain of Arsenal, the last time they won at Anfield on 2012 with Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud the scorers in a 2-0 win.
Arsenal are atop the tree with 40 points with Liverpool 39 and current champions Manchester City six points adrift.
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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