Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi on Saturday evening produced a beautiful performance in Everton’s impressive 3-0 win against Crystal Palace setting up the assists in two of the three goals scored by Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dwight McNeil.
The Nigerian was named Man of the Match in the game.
The assists put Iwobi in the mix as one of the most creative midfielders in the Premier League this season after 11 rounds of matches and joint-second in the Premier League this season, with only Manchester City’s midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne ahead of him.
As well as grabbing two assists for the Toffees, Iwobi enjoyed a pass accuracy of 87 per cent, having 53 touches of the ball and winning 100 per cent of the tackles he attempted against the Eagles.
The Liverpool Echo gave Iwobi an near perfect rating of 9 out 10 in arguably the most spectacular performance of his Everton career so far.
“Everton’s most-creative outlet, he provided the assist for the two goals laying on a delicious pass for Calvert-Lewin to net the opener before his cheeky back-heel teed up substitute McNeil to complete a slick one-two for the third.” 9/10
The4thofficial.net gave Alex Iwobi a decent rating of 7.5/10.
“He ran the show in the opponent’s half and has got a couple of assists to show for his efforts.”
Speaking to talkSPORT, Lampard said: “He is one of the best midfield players in the league, in my opinion, in terms of being a six or an eight.
“He was a six earlier in the season and was really good for us and has moved to an eight, so slightly more advanced for us, and he’s been great.
“His development has been great. It’s a funny one, because there’s been a perception about Alex since I came in, but it’s all his work.
“All I’ve done is support him and try to adapt the position slightly and the rest is him.”
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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