Costa’s acrobatics in the 81st minute salvaged a point for Chelsea at Liberty Stadium after two defensive blunders in a three-minute span nearly gifted Swansea a victory.
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The Spain striker capped a bustling display by scoring from an 81st-minute overhead kick to earn Chelsea a 2-2 draw at Swansea in the English Premier League on Sunday.
The result leaves Manchester City as the only team with a 100 per cent record after four games.
Chelsea have a tough set of matches coming up, and Antonio Conte would have been hoping his squad was as healthy as possible to navigate the tricky schedule.
Five minutes into the game, Willian rattled a shot at goal after being teed up neatly by N’Golo Kante and Fabianski was rocked by the power of the shot as he saved it with his fists.
Costa continued to be involved in controversy right to the finish.
Fortunately for the Londoners, Costa had been sharper earlier on, guiding the ball perfectly just inside a post as Oscar laid it square to him.
In the 59th minute goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois gave away a penalty by fouling Gylfi Sigurdsson after a Swansea counter-attack and the Iceland global got up to convert it.
Sigurdsson powered his way into the box and the Belgium goalkeeper attempted a slide tackle but clumsily brought the midfielder down.
Courtois missed the ball and fouled Sigurdsson, who converted his penalty down the middle.
It was also rumoured that Gary Cahill went into the referee’s room after the game to talk about the incident.
The FA might take action against Cahill for bringing the game into disrepute over “threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting comments about match officials”.
Costa nearly wrapped up a man-of-the-match performance with a hat-trick when he was put through by Hazard but Fabianski was equal to his shot and the points were shared.
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