Izuchukwu Okosi
A10-man Chelsea side were beaten 3-0 by Leeds United on Sunday at Elland Road which was the Blues’ first league defeat to their opponents for 20 years.
Thomas Tuchel’s team were pressed back to their own half from the outset and their determination paid off in the 34th minute when Leeds midfielder Brenden Aaronson caught Chelsea keeper Eduoard Mendy off guard as he attempted to control a routine backpass from Brazilian centreback Thiago Silva.
Rodrigo headed in a free-kick shortly after that opener and Jack Harrison added a third from close range in the second half.
Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly received a second yellow card late on for bringing down Joe Gelhardt to compound the eprs of the west London side.
England youth international of Nigerian descent Carney Chukwuemeka was on the substitute bench throughout the entire match.
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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