Chelsea 4-2 Swansea: Diego Costa's hat-trick

Chelsea's new striker shone brightly, helping the London team win all three points despite being behind on the evening of September 13.

Costa has scored seven goals in four Premier League games. Photo: Reuters.

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea are showing a new look, completely different from the typical character of this team a year ago. In the first four games of the season, The Blues scored 15 goals (an average of nearly four per game). An impressive performance considering Mourinho is famous for being pragmatic.

The rain of goals at Stamford Bridge on September 13 continued to delight the fans of the London team. Although Chelsea started the game rather slowly, allowing their opponents to score first thanks to an own goal by defender John Terry.

Striker Diego Costa continued his rise in August, a month in which he was named the Premier League's best player, scoring again for his new club. Today, he became the hero when he scored a hat-trick before leaving the field in the 70th minute. Substitute striker Loic Remy immediately scored on his debut for his new team. In the final minutes, Jonjo Shelvey scored to reduce the score to 2-4.

With four wins in a row, Chelsea maintain their top spot.

Before the new season started, experts in England said that Chelsea was the most effective team in the 2014 summer transfer window, having signed quality new players early. This was soon proven when the duo Diego Costa - Cesc Fabregas were playing brilliantly in the blue shirt. Costa scored 7 goals in the first four matches of the season. Meanwhile, Fabregas also had 6 assists. The duo, who played in La Liga a year ago, showed great understanding when playing together. In the victory over Swansea on the evening of September 13, Fabregas made two passes to help Costa score.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was all smiles in the stands. Obviously, big wins like this always please him, rather than narrow wins. However, whether Mourinho is happy about conceding two goals at home is another matter. Before that, The Blues also conceded three goals in a 6-3 win over Everton.

Terry (center) is disappointed after scoring an own goal that helped Swansea open the score. Photo: Reuters.

Before the one-sided game took place, Swansea started very well, despite playing away. The "Black Swans" had won all three first rounds, so they were full of confidence. Swansea's midfield was very well organized, playing on par with Chelsea's stars. Korean midfielder Ki Sung Yueng was the most outstanding player, with his disruptive moves behind Fabregas, defeating Nemanja Matic to deploy the ball up front.

In the 11th minute, the Korean midfielder dribbled fiercely into the penalty area and then passed the ball to the left wing for Routledge. A pass inside and Terry fumbled the ball into his own net, 1-0 for Swansea.

Swansea continued to press the visitors and had two more clear-cut chances from shots by Routledge and Gomis. Overcoming the storm, Chelsea began to find joy again thanks to Costa's scoring ability.

At the end of the first half, from a corner kick by Fabregas, the former Atletico striker headed the ball close to the goal to equalize the gap.

Costa scored two more goals in the second half thanks to his ability to choose the right position. He was very reasonable in the penalty area, moved intelligently, beat the marking of the Swansea defense to easily finish close to the goal.

In the 81st minute, substitute striker Remy took advantage of Oscar's pass to score his debut goal for his new team. At this point, even though Shelvey scored the equalizer 2-4 at the end of the match, the victory was already in the hands of the London team.

Line-up

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas (Salah 82); Schurrle (Ramires 46), Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa (Remy 72)

Goals: Costa 45, 56, 67, Remy 81

Swansea: Fabianski; Rangel, Amat (Fernandez 46), Williams, Taylor; Ki, Shelvey; Sigurdsson, Dyer, Routledge (Montero 66); Gomis (Bony 76)

Goals: Terry 11, own goal, Shelvey 86

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