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Fred’s Goal Hands Rangnick First Manchester United Victory Against Crystal Palace

Ralf Rangnick began his Manchester United reign albeit on interim basis with a slim 1-0 win against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

The victory lifts the Red Devils to the sixth place in the English Premier League table, one point adrift of Tottenham Hotspur who also won their game against bottom side Norwich City.

The much maligned Fred was the match winner, the midfielder firing home a 78th minute shot following his promising end to the narrow Arsenal win on Thursday even though he was at fault for the first of Arsenal’s two goals.

Rangnick will be in charge at the Theatre of Dreams for the rest of the season before taking up the role of Consultant for two years.

Prior to the arrival of the German, United were under the interim reins of former midfielder Michael Carrick who steered them to two League wins, draw and another win in the UEFA Champions League against Villarreal.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.