Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal manager, Mikel Arteta admitted that Arsenal needs to learn to be ruthless against Manchester City after Nathan Ake’s goal earned Pep Guardiola’s men a 1-0 win in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday to knock Arsenal out of the competition.
Arteta saw his side impress but ‘ultimately made to suffer an injury to a key player, Thomas Partey.
“Really disappointed. I think we could have got much more out of the game,” said Arteta.
“We had big situations in the game and we didn’t put them away. In the big moments, in big matches you have the make the difference. That is how you win these games.”
Guardiola, who Arteta worked under as his assistant before taking up the Arsenal job said:
“A tight game against a really difficult opponent and we won it,” said City manager, Guardiola,
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Meanwhile, Brighton and Hoves Albion midfielder, Moises Caicedo hopes to push through his exit from the Seagulls amid interest in his services.
Ecuador international made a passionate appeal to the hierarchy at Brighton to let him move after Arsenal’s bid of £60m was made.
Arsenal would need a capable replacement for the injured Thomas Partey.
Partey went off injured as the Gunners were beaten by Guardiola’s men, Manchester City and thus eliminated from the competition.
Arsenal is England’s most successful team in the FA Cup with 14 titles.
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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