Izuchukwu OkosiSecond-half goals by Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson secured all three points for Chelsea as they climb into the top half of the Premier League table and keep their first clean sheet since October 2, reports Prime Business Africa.
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino named Christopher Nkunku to the Blues’ bench for the first time this season after the forward overcame his injury woes albeit the former RB Leipzig star was an unused substitute.
Palmer who joined from Manchester City opened the scoring after 54 minutes after bursting onto Raheem Sterling’s cross in the box, with his goal surviving a VAR check.
Seven minutes later, the much-maligned Jackson doubled the Blues’ lead with a tap-in after some scrappy play in the box, bagging his first goal in over a month with the goal also checked by the VAR officials.
The result saw Mauricio Pochettino’s men leapfrog Fulham, who lost 3-0 to Bournemouth, into the top half.
Sheffield United remains rooted to the bottom of the table.
Match facts
Goals: Palmer 54′, Jackson 61′
Chelsea XI: Petrovic; Disasi, Silva, Badiashile, Colwill; Caicedo, Gallagher; Mudryk, Palmer, Sterling; Jackson
Subs: Bettinelli, Bergstrom, Gilchrist, Gusto, Maatsen, Enzo, Matos, Broja, Nkunku
Sheffield United XI: Foderingham; Bogle, Ahmedhodzic, Trusty, Lowe; McAtee, Souza, Brooks, Hamer, Archer; McBurnie
Subs: Davies, Osborn, Baldock, Traore, Osula, Thomas, Larouci, Slimane, Norwood
Match reactions to follow.
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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