Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal captain Martin Odegaard scored twice in the opening 11 minutes as Arsenal outclassed newly-promoted Bournemouth for a 3-0 victory at the Vitality Stadium to move top of the Premier League on Saturday ahead of North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in second place.
The win was the first time in 18 years that the Gunners will win three consecutive Premier League games at the start of the season.
Ordegaard opened the scoring after five minutes following good work by Gabriel Jesus and doubled their lead from Ben White’s low pull back.
Bournemouth failed to have a shot or touch in Arsenal’s penalty area in a one-sided first half and they were only marginally better in the second period.
William Saliba stroked the ball across the goal after an assist fr Granit Xhaka for the third goal.
The VAR was required to confirm if Jesus had scored the fourth for the Gunners but his lovely effort was overruled.
Just 12 months ago, Arsenal lost their first three league games in the club’s worst start to a season for 67 years.
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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