Izuchukwu Okosi
Manchester City and Wolverhapton Wanderers began Saturday’s action in the English Premier League with City edging their 10-man opponents 1-0 and Raheem Sterling scoring the winner.
Mohamed Salah scored from 12 yards as his penalty ensured Liverpool denied legendary player Steven Gerrard and now Aston Villa boss a first win against his former club is secondary
Mohamed Salah’s penalty ensured Steven Gerrard’s return to Liverpool as Aston Villa manager ended in a 1-0 defeat while Manchester City and Chelsea also needed spot-kicks to avoid slipping up in the Premier League title race on Saturday.
City edged 10-man Wolves 1-0 thanks to Raheem Sterling’s controversial winner, while Chelsea required two Jorginho spot-kicks to see off Leeds 3-2.
Salah smashed home his 21st goal in 22 games this season to ensure Liverpool remain just one point behind City at the top of the table.
The champions had fortune on their side to see off Wolves thanks to Sterling’s 100th Premier League goal.
Wolves boss Bruno Lage was furious as Raul Jimenez was dismissed for two quickfire yellow cards before half-time.
The Mexican was booked for a trip of Rodrigo and then sent-off for preventing the Spaniard taking a quick free-kick.
Goals from Alexandre Lacazette, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel saw Arsenal bounce back from two straight defeats to claim a win against Southampton.
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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