Izuchukwu OkosiMohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez were on the scoresheet late Tuesday night as Liverpool defeated Napoli 2-0 at Anfield to finish as runners up in Group A of the UEFA Champions League.
The game was heading to a scoreless one before the two late strikes. The Reds had two goals ruled out for offsides.
The goals scored were significant and for Salah, it means matching record of 18 Champions League goals at Anfield in his 29th outing.
One of the highlights of the game was the physical challenges eteeen Nigeria international Victor Osimhen and the defensive duo of Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.
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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