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Musuaku’s Wonderstrike Earns West Ham Crucial Win Against Chelsea

A late Arthur Masuaku strike won an eventful contest for fourth placed West Ham United at the London stadium Saturday lunchtime against Chelsea as the the Hammers claimed a priceless 3-2 win against the league leaders.

Chelsea led twice through a Thiago Silva header and a great finish from the edge of the box by Mason Mount but the Blues were pegged back with goals by Manuel Lanzini (penalty) and Jared Bowen.

With four minutes left on the clock, left back receiving the ball from a throw-in let fly a swerving shot that caught goalkeeper Edouard Mendy off guard.

The top three teams in the league were separated by seven points but Chelsea’s defeat opened the way for Liverpool in second place or even Manchester City in third to overtake them.

West Ham have 27 points on the board, four points ahead of Arsenal in fifth place who face Everton on Monday night at the Goodison Park.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.