Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi and Tosin Adarabioyo scored for their respective clubs as two games were played Friday night as English Premier League fixtures return again following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week Thursday.
There were five Nigerian players in those matches with the duo of Taiwo Awoniyi and Tosin Adarabioyo scoring for their respective teams.
Awoniyi headed his team ahead in the 11th minute but the first half ended that way without further action of note.
The second half began the way the first had ended but with 54 minutes on the clock, Adarabioyo connected with a headed effort.
Joao Palhinha and Harrison Reeds were on target for Fulham.
Lewis O’Brien scored what could be called a consolation for the Bees in the 77th minute.
Jacob Murphy was the scorer for Aston Villa in the 1-0 win against Southampton.
The duo of Joe Aribo and youngster Sam Edozie came off the bench to play thee roles in stifling Vila in midfield adm prevent conceding further goals.
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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