Nine minutes from the end Costa, who also received his third yellow card in four games, equalised with an overhead scissors kick that might have been penalised for risky play.
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The Italian manager dropped his first points as Chelsea boss at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, but Chelsea still lie second in the Premier League after four matches.
Costa was booked for a foul on Leroy Fer, and Swansea players suggested he should have been shown a second after going to ground easily in a challenge with goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. I don’t want to complain about this but it is the reality.
“I took the touch away from him, he came through the back of me”.
“I think everyone can see it was a bad decision”, he told Sky Sports. It is normal in football. Diego is a player with good patience and they try to provoke him, but this is football.
“I don’t know the extent of the injury but tomorrow we will see the situation about his ankle”.
Chelsea captain John Terry ended the game limping and was seen leaving the stadium on crutches. “And I’m not anxious”.
I will say only that after every game, the press ask me about the passion of [Costa], about his behaviour.
“But in only two minutes we were losing 2-1”.
In a post-match interview, Cahill was forthright and clear in his belief that he was fouled, admitting the he had spoken with referee Andre Marinner after the final whistle to demand an explanation.
Swansea fought back in the second half however, with a Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty drawing them level. The Icelander dispatched the spot kick with aplomb.
“Yes, yes, I apologise on the bench, and in the dressing-room”, said Guidolin. But I also want to say that this can happen to one side or the other. “He is in his place and his job is very hard”.
Guidolin apologised to Swansea defender Neil Taylor, who was substituted after 42 minutes, saying he would ideally have made the change at half-time.
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Manager Francesco Guidolin changed tactics from a misfiring 3-5-1-1 system before halftime, withdrawing the disgruntled Welsh global Neil Taylor for Gambian winger Modou Barrow.
