Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi scored his first Premier League goal this season for Everton but his team were defeated 2-1 at home by Manchester United at the Goodison Park reports Prime Business Africa.
Iwobi curled home a beautiful shot to the right hand corner with 5 minutes played.
Antony equalised 10 minutes later in what was his third goal in third consecutive match for the Red Devils with assist from Anthony Martial.
Casemiro came close to putting United ahead with a glancing header in the Toffees penalty area but his effort went narrowly wide off target,
Cristiano Ronaldo then made it 2-1 a minute before halftime when he latched onto a through pass from Casemiro who intercepted Alex Iwobi’s attempted pass.
The strike was Ronaldo’s 700th club goal of his career.
Marcus Rashford the better of Iwobi in the second half and skipped past the duo of James Tarkowski and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford but his eventual goal was ruled out by VAR as the ball hit his hand before he scored.
United rose to 5th place in the Premier League table after the game while the Toffees stayed in 12th place on 10 points.
United were humbled 6-3 by Manchester City in their last Premier League match in the Manchester derby. They have also won twice in the Europa League.
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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