Izuchukwu OkosiNorth London side, Tottenham Spurs, came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium after conceding the first goal for the ninth consecutive match.
Spurs manager Antonio Conte hailed Harry Kane for sparking Tottenham’s latest fightback after they slipped behind yet again.
Back after his World Cup exertions 16 days after his penalty miss in the quarter-final against France, England skipper Kane scored with a towering header to drag his side back from the brink of defeat.
Danish midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg then grabbed an equaliser as Tottenham cancelled out goals from Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney.
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Spurs boss Conte said: “It was another exciting game. On one side I have to be happy for the way we played in the second part but not only because we scored two goals, but with energy and intensity.
“When you play this way you create problems for your opponent. But nine games in a row we have conceded the first goal, that’s not positive.
“To concede for so many games the first goal or two goals, we have to try to find the solution. For me is the first time this happen, this situation. But at the same time it was a fantastic reaction from my players.”
Kane shrugged off the predictable chants of ‘you let your country down’ from a section of the Brentford fans.
Conte added: “Personally, about Harry I have zero doubt about his mentality, about the way he approaches every training session.
“For Harry he’s facing a strange situation. He had a really good World Cup and also the team played to the quarter-final, then he missed a decisive penalty.
“But you know very well in football you can have positive or negative moments. If you are strong mentally you move on and Harry did this.
“I think the fans were scared because he is playing for Tottenham, not for what happened with England.”
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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