Izuchukwu Okosi
Manchester City produced a vintage performance Tuesday night at the Etihad stadium to put seven unanswered goals past Leeds United in their seventh successive wins and without a recognisable striker.
Kevin de Bruyne marked his return from his injury setbacks to hit a brace in the emphatic 7-0 battering of Leeds coached by a man Pep Guardiola considers the best coach ever, Marcelo Bielsa.
Having lost in the league to Stoke 8-1 in 1934, and two later cup games by 7-0 margins, for Leeds this represented the latest alarming development in a season that looks destined for a long relegation fight.
Phil Foden started the rout after just eight minutes, the 500th Premier League goal City have netted under Guardiola – in just 207 games, making the Catalan the quickest manager to reach that landmark.
The defending champions and league leaders also scored through Jack Grealish in what was his first headed goal in over two years, Riyad Mahrez, John Stones and Nathan Ake.
That made it six different scorers on the night.
City are four point above Liverpool in the league table on 41 points to the Reds’ 37 with the goal difference massively an important marker thstvthe Premier League rivals will take note of heading into the busy festive season.
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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