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Saka, Nketiah, Smith Rowe The Stars For Arsenal In Six-goal Thriller Against Chelsea

Bukayo Saka scored the decisive goal for Arsenal from the penalty spot Wednesday night deep into added time as the Gunners defeated Chelsea 4-2 at the Stamford Bridge to enhance their Champions League hopes report Prime Business Africa.

Eddie Nketiah scored two fantastic goals for the Gunners while Emile Smith Rowe helped himself to one well taken strike midway into the first half.

Arsenal youngster of Nigerian descent Miguel Azeez made the substitutes’ bench as Mikel Arteta grapples with injures to key players like Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney.

Arsenal went ahead in the 13th minute through Nketiah who pounced on the defensive gaffe of Andres Christensen.

Timo Werner restored parity for the Blues four minutes later after Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka gave away the ball allowing Ruben Loftus Cheek to find the German forward.

After Smith Rowe’s goal, Cesar Azpilicueta made it 2-2 in a frenetic first half.

England youth international of Ghanaian descent Nketiah grabbed his brace in the 57th minute when he got in between two Chelsea defenders to prod home the ball.

Saka then made victory certain in added time from the penalty spot after he was wrestled to the ground by Azpilicueta just before full time.

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.