#3 Diego Costa
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Match performance – one goal, one assist and player involved in the highest number of goals this season
The league’s leading goalscorer showcased his consistency, ability and the newfound cooler head under Antonio Conte with a stunning performance at Etihad to beat title rivals Manchester City and open up a three-point gap at the top. He endured a particularly difficult first-half as Pep Guardiola’s City went ahead with a Gary Cahill own goal.
Post-interval, Diego Costa of this season came to the fore as he equalized for Chelsea by showing a superb first touch to bring down an exquisite long ball from Cesc Fabregas before coolly slotting home. City centre-half Nicolas Otamendi got outmuscled easily for Costa’s goal and he was the culprit again as Costa left him for dead with a deft turn at the centre-circle before putting Willian through on goal who scored to put Chelsea in front.
Costa with eleven goals and five assists in the league is the player involved in the highest number of goals this season.
