Izuchukwu OkosiRaheem Sterling was the star of the show as 10-man Chelsea squeezed a 2-1 victory over Leicester in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Chelsea had to endure a difficult 90 minutes due to the early sending off of England midfielder Conor Gallagher for a foul on Harvey Barnes.
Manager Thomas Tuchel was in the stands as he served a touchline ban following his confrontation with Antonio Conte in the opening home match against Tottenham.
Erling Haaland grabbed his first Premier League hat-trick Saturday to inspire Manchester City’s fightback from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s side were sloppy in the first half at the Etihad Stadium as a John Stones own goal and Joachim Andersen’s textbook header put the Eagles ahead.
Barcelona target Bernardo Silva pulled one back early in the second half before Haaland headed home the winner.
Roberto Firmino and Luis Diaz both braces with strikes from Harvey Elliott, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Fabio Carvalho and a Chris Mepham own goal completing a 9-0 rout of Liverpool over Bournemouth.
Historically it is the fourth time in the Premier League history that a team has won by nine goals. Manchester United beat Ipswich 9-0 in 1995 and Southampton by the same score last year. Leicester also won 9-0 at Southampton in 2019.
Arsenal struggled but kept up their 100% record this season with a comeback win over London rivals Fulham.
Aleksandar Mitrovic gave the visitors the lead in the 34th minute no thanks to a terrible piece of defending by Gabriel but the Gunners quickly responded through captain Martin Odegaard in the 64th minute, before Gabriel scored the winner late on.
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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