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The Nigerian dancehall singer presented the Arsenal Player of the Month Award to Zinchenko before Arsenal's defeat against Man City.
Patoranking who is one of the celebrity fans of Arsenal in Nigeria was looking very excited to be at the Emirates on Wednesday night, February 15.
The Nigerian singer and songwriter was a special guest in the warm up to the match between Arsenal and Manchester City in the Premier League yesterday.
Speaking before the game, the 32-year-old music star opened up on his love for the Emirates club as well as his relationship with Arsenal’s Ghanaian midfield star Thomas Partey.
Patoranking presented Arsenal Player of the Month Award to Zinchenko
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Patoranking took to his social media to post photos of himself on Instagram presenting the prestigious Arsenal Player of the month award to one of his favourite players - Oleksandr Zinchenko, before kick off against Manchester City on Wednesday.
He posted photos of himself and the Ukranian defender with the award on Thursday, February 16, alongside a caption that read:‘I was honored to present “The player of the month” Award to @zinchenko_96 Last Night…Not the result we wanted but we Move ❤️ @arsenal’.
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Before the match, the Nigerian singer predicted Arsenal would win the defending champions 3-1.
However, the result went the opposite way despite the accuracy of the scoreline after seciond half goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland cancelled out Bukayo Saka’s response to Kevin de Bruyne’s opener in the first half.
Who is Patoranking?
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Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie popularly known as ‘Patoranking’, is a Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter.
The multi-award winning music star is one of the most popular artistes in Africa due to his exquisite brand of music.
Patoranking is famous for hits like ‘Girlie O’, ‘Abule’, 'No Kissing Baby','Available', 'Love you die', 'Heal the World', 'Celebrate Me’, 'Suh different', amongst a host of other records.
He previously said, in 2020 that he once got inspiration for song on a football pitch while playing football and he is one of the biggest Arsenal supporters in Nigeria.
Patoranking is also one of the Nigerian artistes that performed at the FIFA Fan Fest 2022 at the World Cup in Qatar.
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