Izuchukwu OkosiPremier League leaders Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham in the second leg of their semifinals fixtures in the Carabao Cup late Monday night, reports Prime Business Africa.
The first leg had ended 2-1 in favour of the Reds at Craven Cottage but the advantage did not breed complacency from the Reds.
Chelsea had defeated Championship side Middlesbrough in the first semifinals game on Tuesday night and therefore watched intently as the Reds battle with Fulham.
Luiz Diaz put Liverpool ahead Wednesday night as he scored an excellent goal after brilliantly capitalizing on the diagonal ball from Jarell Quansah to beat Bernd Leno in his near post with the aid of a deflection.
Fulham equalised through Issa Diop who bundled in a deflected shot from Harry Wilson.
The game was expected to go to the extra time at this stage with Fulham threatening to scptr again but Liverpool held firm to ensure that it ended in a draw and go though on 3-2 on aggregate.
Jurgen Klopp’s men will now face Chelsea in the final of the competition at Wembley stadium on February 25 while Fulham’s hopes of a first Carabao Cup title continues to linger.
The London side will be in action this weekend in the FA Cup fourth round aas they host Newcastle United on Saturday while Sunday sees Liverpool welcome Norwich City.
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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