Except for one. Then the whistles turned to boos. Number 19, Diego Costa. It was probably the reception he expected. It is usually the reception he relishes. Especially from the Arsenal fans. He has been their bogeyman, the tormentor of the Gunners, the man who gets their defenders sent off and Arsene Wenger wound up. If this was his goodbye to Chelsea – and with the prospect of a hugely lucrative move to China, it may well be – it seemed fitting it would be against Arsenal. It seemed inevitable he would score. When Chelsea were down to 10 men, seemingly overrun and overcome, he did. The substitute Willian crossed. Costa chested the ball away from the rookie Rob Holding and...
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