Izuchukwu OkosiLiverpool’s Premier League aspirations in manager Jurgen Klopps’ last season in charge of the Reds was dealt a significant blow Wednesday night as Everton defeated them 2-0 at the Goodison Park, reports Prime Business Africa.
The game was the 244th Merseyside derby and the last one for Klopp who announced back in January that he will depart the club this summer.
Liverpool have had to go through a difficult week as they were knocked out of the Europa League by Italian outfit Atalanta.
Liverpool have now lost two of its last three matches in the league while the win was a big boost to Sean Dyche and his players who are battling for survival especially after the points deductions following allegations of breaching the Premier League’s Financial and Profitability rules.
Everton are now right points above the relegation zone and their excitement was reflected by the song that the fans bellowed from the stands: “You lost the league at Goodison Park.”
Everton were hard pressed to get going and put Liverpool in their place but were denied a sixth minute penalty by VAR after an extensive check.
The goal for Everton however arrived in the 27th minute when Jarrad Braithwaite hit a perfect shot following a clumsy defensive clearance that saw the ball squirm part the arms of Allison in goal for Liverpool.
Despite the best efforts of the Reds including two clear cut scoring chances for Mohamed Salah, Everton doubled their lead in the 58th minute of the game through Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
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.
