Izuchukwu OkosiLiverpool’s new striker Darwin Nunez was sent off Monday evening but fellow South American Luis Diaz ensured 10-man Liverpool did not lose their long unbeaten home record with a brilliant equaliser to secure a 1-1 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace.
The Uruguayan will now miss the huge game against Manchester United next Monday, plus Bournemouth (h) on 27 August and Newcastle (h) on 31 August.
The red card was compounded with Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota both absent, although the former could return in time for the United match.
Liverpool fell behind to Wilfried Zaha’s 32nd-minute goal against the run of play when he was assisted by Super Eagles-eligible midfielder Eberechi Eze.
The Reds continued to press in gkslr usual style with 10 as they had done for almost an hour with 11 and it left them susceptible to gaps at the back with Alexander-Arnold essentially playing as a winger.
Zaha hit a post and Salah and substitute Fabio Carvalho flashed shots wide late on and Liverpool extended their unbeaten home run to 21 league matches.
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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