Izuchukwu OkosiLiverpool lost grip of the top four places in the English Premier League, Monday evening, after a 3-1 defeat against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium.
The loss brought Juergen Klopp’s side’s four-game winning streak to an end and poses a problem for the Reds who are still missing some key players like Diogo Jota and Luiz Diaz.
The five-time European champions, have however bought PSG forward Cody Gakpo.
Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate conceded an own goal while Yoane Wissa doubled Brentford’s advantage Monday evening before halftime.
Wissa saw two of his supposed goals ruled out for offsides by VAR in the course of the game while Darwin Nunez struck for Liverpool early in the second half but his goal was also ruled out for offside.
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Former Southampton and Arsenal forward Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain then handed the Reds some hope when he fired in a fizzying shot that had the ball into the net.
Cameroon international Bryan Mbeumo clinched all three points for Brentford in the 84th minute.
The result of the game takes Brentford up to seventh place in the standings with 26 points after 18 games.
Brentford has taken points away from top clubs like Manchester City and Manchester United but has only lost to Arsenal at home among the top six clubs.
The match day 18 fixtures of the English Premier League will continue on Tuesday evening as well Wednesday and Thursday.
Arsenal remains atop the table with 43 points, seven adrift of current Premier League champions, Manchester City.
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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