“It was a challenge between Costa and the defenders and this fight is part of the game”.
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Diego Costa netted twice for Chelsea at Swansea, but manager Antonio Conte was frustrated as a number of fouls against him went unpunished.
Chelsea’s Diego Costa was at it again, however this time he could only salvage a point late on against a clinical Swansea side.
“It’s very hard to talk about the game because we lost two points”.
Two strikes from Diego Costa bookended a pair of quick goals for the Swans, and Cahill was not happy at all about the second.
Chelsea are looking to bounce back from their disastrous season last term as they ended up without a trophy and in 10th place in the Premier League table, just 12 months after Mourinho led them to a top-flight and League Cup double.
Antonio Conte’s 100 percent win record as the new Chelsea manager has come to an end after his side played an exciting 2-2 draw with Swansea City.
“We won against them three or four months ago, but now Chelsea are another team”. “Now we can work in the week to get better with enthusiasm and optimism”.
“He is a good player not only with the feet or scoring goals but because he is able to pay alone against three or four defenders”. Apart from before the global break, we have conceded goals.
Conte said: “The first goal, for sure, we must improve in some situations”.
“We were leading 1-0 and then, in two minutes, we were losing 2-1 and risked losing the game”.
As Chelsea pushed for a response, Hazard inexplicably pulled out of a challenge with Fabianski on the edge of the Swansea area, when he looked capable of equalising. Two lapses of concentration at the back cost Chelsea their flawless start to the Premier League and puts serious pressure on centerback Gary Cahill with the impending introduction of deadline day signing David Luiz.
However, the Spain global also picked up his third yellow card of the campaign and was accused by some for simulating a foul in the minutes before scoring Chelsea’s equaliser but referee Andre Marriner did not take any action, sparing the striker a second booking and subsequent red card.
Fabianski preserved parity for Swansea again after 10 minutes, stretching to prevent Willian’s unsafe whipped cross from the right from reaching the onrushing Costa.
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“Huge disappointment because we had control most of the game”, Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta said. “We are disappointed because the performance was very good in terms of our intensity and because we played good football”, he bemoaned. He scores important goals.
