It leaves Manchester City as the only team with a 100-per-cent record after four games – but Chelsea’s players will wonder how they also haven’t got 12 points. I took the touch away from him, he came through the back of me.
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Costa delivered a crucial equaliser with a well-executed overhead kick.
Chelsea captain John Terry suffered an ankle injury in the closing stages which will be assessed on Monday. He is now up to four goals for the season – it took him until December to do that.
Manager Francesco Guidolin changed tactics from a misfiring 3-5-1-1 system before halftime, withdrawing the disgruntled Welsh worldwide Neil Taylor for Gambian winger Modou Barrow.
Courtois was booked and Sigurdsson converted the ensuing penalty himself. I think it’s because the pressure comes off us. In the 62nd minute, Fer robbed Gary Cahill of the ball before squeezing the ball past Courtois for the second goal.
“Huge disappointment because we had control most of the game”, Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta said.
“We are happy he is scoring goals, because if he is scoring goals it seems we are doing the right thing and he is getting the chance to score”.
He shouldn’t though. Cahill was rightfully annoyed, and for the second time this weekend, a referee should be forced to explain why they chose to ignore an obvious foul.
Having lost their previous two fixtures, the Swans were staring at the prospect of suffering three successive defeats under Francesco Guidolin for the first time.
SWANSEA: Chelsea’s midfielder Eden Hazard vies with Swansea’s defender Kyle Naughton during their English Premier League match. He was the driving force throughout the game, taking his goals well and making it a personal mission to salvage a point after his astounding miss and Chelsea’s meltdown.
“There were two fouls on me and between the officials they have said that they couldn’t see it”.
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He added, “After Chelsea’s first goal I saw my team not playing well and made a decision to change something before the end of the first half”.
