Izuchukwu Okosi
By Izuchukwu Okosi
Two second-half goals by Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Marinelli were all Arsenal needed to cruise to a 2-0 win over Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon to claim the fifth place in the table, reports Prime Business Africa.
Saka, named Budweisser ‘King of the Match’ opened the goals account with a delightful left footed finish from Nuno Tevares who had a much more better game than in the defeat to Liverpool before the international break.
Substitute Gabriel Marinelli scored the second goal moments after his introduction from the bench with a sumptuous lob over Martin Dubravka.
The goals could have been more had captain Pierre Emerick Aubameyang converted the chance he had from close range after the ball cam off the post from close range.
Newcastle United two penalty shouts albeit one of them looked a legitimate one while the first was an inadvertent handling of the ball in the box by Takehiro Tomiyasu who assisted Marinelli’s goal.
New mega rich Newcastle United are consequently still bottom of the table with only six points and remains the only side among the 92 clubs in the English football league not to have picked up a win this 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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