Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s international, Taiwo Awoniyi, was at fault as his former club Liverpool snatched a late 1-0 win at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening, reports Prime Business Africa.
Just when it seemed that the Reds were about to hand the initiative to both Manchester City and Arsenal in the title race, Darwin Nunez pounced on a clumsy clearance by the Super Eagles star to snatch the unlikeliest of goals in the last minute of a tensed game.
Liverpool last won at the venue of Saturday’s game in the 1938/1939 season – long before the Premier League era.
Nottingham Forest had numerous scoring chances especially on both halves but failed to capitalise on them.
Anthony Elanga was presented with two opportunities in the first half but he wasted them on both occasions.
Then in the second half, Awoniyi had teammate, Callum Hudson-Oodi finely placed to receive his pass but he went for glory albeit won a corner kick for his effort.
Just as the fans in the stands and those who support Arsenal and Manchester City were gleefully looking at their wristwatches, Awoniyi’s poor clearance was the gain of Alexis Mac Allister whose cross was headed home by Nunez.
Manchester City will face city rivals, Manchester United on Sunday while Arsenal visit Sheffield United on Monday night.
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.
