“I make the decision and for me it was a normal decision”.
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But as far as Hill-Wood is concerned it was as clear as day.
“That’s because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with him”.
Gylfi Sigurdsson put Swansea in front from the penalty spot in the 17th minute and, after Jack Cork’s own goal levelled the game, Andre Ayew netted before halftime to give Francesco Guidolin made a winning start as head coach of the Welsh club. Backtracking somewhat, the Frenchman added: “That is part of a striker’s game of course, and Costa is very good at that”.
The German defender was sent-off in the 18th minute for a late foul on Costa, who was running towards goal.
A victory would have sent Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League table, but Wenger’s side now trail the leaders Leicester City by three points and have taken two points from their past three games.
FC’s Craig Burley reacts to Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea, where the Gunners went down to ten men once again.
And Matic told the club’s official website: “This was the real Chelsea, and I believe that we can show again in the future that we deserve to play for this club”. “I was very disappointed because in recent games we have lost we have had really harsh decisions against us [like] at Southampton and today”. I don’t know. It is a fact, without accusing him of anything. “Sometimes when you lose you can still say “well done” to the players, so we come out of this game with more belief in ourselves”.
New manager Guus Hiddink will be looking to pick up against Arsenal where Mourinho left off, but if the Gunners can keep their composure and play their style of football, they should be able to get one back on the Blues.
The relationship is repaired now, with Costa regaining that mixture of marksmanship and menace that made him so significant in last season’s Premier League title win.
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Hiddink said: “With that gap, it’s hard to go into fourth position”. “You could see it was a lovely through pass and Diego could run straight through to Petr Cech but was tripped”.
