Izuchukwu OkosiManchester City manager Pep Guardiola was livid on Sunday after his team was denied a goal in the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) ruled out a Phil Foden goal as there was a foul in the buildup and Guardiola could not hide his frustrations after his team lost their unbeaten run after 21 matches.
Asked what he thought of the decision, Guardiola told beIN SPORTS in his post match press conference: “It’s Anfield. It’s Anfield.”
“Do you know how many fouls there were in the game? Do you know how many? A lot. It’s one more.
“With the other ones it’s play on, play on and play on but this one, not play on. I know the reason why, we scored a goal. That’s why.
“Listen, it’s done. We lost because we made a mistake. Tight games and the decisions… tight games are different. We could not score, we had the chances, played with incredible personality from the back and making transitions because of their quality and that’s all.”
Mohamed Salah scored The Reds goal albeit the team lost several scoring chances.
Liverpool lost forward Diogo Jota to injury which adds some gloom to the otherwise good outing for Jurgen Klopp.
Only last weekend against Arsenal, Liverpool’s Luis Diaz hobbled out injured which has ruled him out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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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