Chelsea vs Swansea City Ends 2:2 Draw (Sunday Match)

Two-goals from Diego Costa was the centre of attention once again as Chelsea came from behind to draw 2-2 against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.

The Spain striker gave the Blues the lead in the first half with a cool, side-footed shot and his second goal was a spectacular overhead kick.

Swansea had turned the game on its head inside three second-half minutes when Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois brought Gylfi Sigurdsson down inside the penalty area and the Iceland midfielder converted the spot-kick himself, before Leroy Fer robbed Gary Cahill of possession and put Francesco Guidolin's side into the lead.

But Costa, whose afternoon was characterised by his trademark theatrics, heavy challenges and disputes with opponents, made sure the Londoners claimed a point. Whether he should have been on the pitch is another matter after a lame dive when challenged by Lukasz Fabianski having already been cautioned.

The result ended Chelsea's 100 per cent start to the season and denied them the opportunity to join Manchester City at the top of the table, while Swansea ended a run of two consecutive league defeats.

Swansea were enjoying the majority of the early possession but their gameplan was disrupted when Federico Fernandez's header dropped at the feet of Oscar and he squared the ball to Costa who side-footed it into the bottom corner.
Chelsea surged forward again and the in-form Eden Hazard split the Swansea defence with a run that put him clean through on goal, but Fabianski did well to save his low drive.

The home side's best chance came when Llorente laid the ball off for Sigurdsson, who bent a shot narrowly wide of Thibaut Courtois' goal, and Costa should have made it 2-0 when he failed to turn John Terry's cross into an open net from close range.
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