Match report – Player ratings – Video In truth, there's not a huge amount to say about last night's 1-0 win over Qarabag in the Europa League. As a game of football it's not one that will live long in the memory, it was low on quality, low on incident, it had the importance of a pre-season friendly and the attendance last night was a reflection of how fans viewed this particular fixture. Nevertheless, there were a few bits and pieces worthy of discussion this morning. Most obvious of which is that Laurent Koscielny started for the first time in over 6 months, since suffering an Achilles injury so traumatic it brought out the human side of Diego Costa. He played 72 minutes,...
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