Izuchukwu Okosi
Prime Business Africa presents a roundup of the action in the English Premier League on Saturday evening as the last round of matches for the year are played.
At the Etihad stadium, visitors Everton held Premier League champions, Manchester City to a 1-1 draw.
Super Eagles creative midfielder, Alex Iwobi was in action for 90 minutes in the game.
Erling Haaland scored his 21st Premier League goal of the season in the 24th minute but his effort was cancelled by a brilliant volley in the the 64th minute of the second half.
There was a scary moment for Iwobi when he had to be attended to after a clash of knees with an opponent but he got up to continue.
The Nigerian made a vital deflection in added time to deny Phil Foden of a chance to claim a late winner for City.
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Fulham snatched a late goal through Joao Palinha two minutes to full time as they defeated Southampton 2-1 at the Craven Cottage.
Fulham took the lead in in the 32nd minute following an own goal from the Saints’ captain James Ward-Prose.
Willian found Pereira on the edge of the box and the midfielder drove the ball into the ground before a big deflection off Ward-Prowse agonizingly looped the ball into the back of the net.
Sam Edozie was on his wheels to score the second Southampton goal early in the second half but his strike was blocked by Tete.
The Super Eagles-eligible forward had to be attended to by the medics.
In the 67th minute, Aribo was replaced by Stuart Armstrong to add energy to the team.
Prowse atoned for his first half error by equalizing with a brilliant free kick in the 56th minute but Palinha, found the back of the net in the 88th minute.
Goals from Jordan Ayew and Eberechi Eze were enough away at the Vitality stadium to secure the win for Crystal Palace over Bournemouth with Michael Olise assisting both goals.
Eberechi Eze who is still on the radar of the Nigeria Football Federation for the Super Eagles grabbed the second goal nine minutes from the break when he received the ball from Olise, skipped two markers and let fly a shot that saw the ball sail inside the net.
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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