“I think the reaction of the team was very good and we tried to come back and at 2-2 we had the chances to get the third goal and the spirit of the team was very good”.
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Garth Crooks has heaped praise on Diego Costa after the striker fired Chelsea to a 2-2 draw at Swansea City on Sunday.
It was poor Swansea defending, however, as Federico Fernandez twice failed to clear. I did it enough myself and they can calm down in 48 hours or so.
“I took the touch away from him”. “It’s incredible the defender didn’t finish [with a red card] before the [end of the] match”.
But the Italian felt Chelsea should have left Wales with maximum points.
The first was a penalty after Thibaut Courtois had brought Gylfi Sigurdsson down in the box.
Cahill admitted that he had even gone to discuss the matter with referee Andre Marriner after the contest. “Clear, clear foul”, Cahill said.
“They scored and I think the second was a clear foul on Gary”.
“Huge disappointment because we had control most of the game”, Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta said.
It was a huge goal too for Swansea after two successive defeats, and Guidolin earned credit for switching away from his 3-5-1-1 system before halftime, as well as apologizing to Welsh global Neil Taylor, who was annoyed at being taken off to facilitate the tactical change.
The Swans travel to Southampton on Sunday before home games against Manchester City and Liverpool and a trip to Arsenal. Chelsea is in second place on 10 points.
As for the game itself, Costa, who could have seen red (where have we heard that before), scored late on to secure a share of the points for the visitors.
The draw lifts Swansea up to 13th in the Premier League table and Cork is hopeful they can continue improving over the coming weeks.
His work is reflected in the game. “When he is scoring goals, we are doing the right things”.
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David Luiz, signed by Chelsea for 32 million pounds on the final day of the transfer window, was a substitute and didn’t come off the bench.
