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Costa rescues point for Chelsea
- Updated: September 11, 2016
Diego Costa rescued a point for Chelsea as Swansea secured a 2-2 draw to end Antonio Conte’s perfect start to the season as head coach.
Costa gave the visitors the lead at the Liberty Stadium in the 18th minute with his third goal of the season, as Chelsea went in search for their fourth win of the campaign.
Swansea turned things around after the break, with two goals in two minutes thanks to Gylfi Sigurdsson’s (59) penalty and Leroy Fer’s (62) opportunistic finish.
But Chelsea eventually rescued a point and ensured their unbeaten start to the season remained intact nine minutes from time as Costa, who was influential throughout the match, struck with an overhead kick.
The draw means Conte’s side stay second but trail Manchester City by two points after their victory in the Manchester derby on Saturday. Francesco Guidolin’s side move up to 13th in the table.
Guidolin made two changes to the Swansea side that lost 2-1 to champions Leicester last time out, with Neil Taylor and Ki Sung-yueng coming in for Wayne Routledge and Modou Barrow.
The changes brought about a change in formation with Guidolin setting his side up in a 3-5-2 system, but it was the unchanged Chelsea, who named new signings …
