Diego Costa Continues to Show Why He’s the Premier League’s No. 1 Striker

Sergio Aguero and Harry Kane will have something to say about it, but Sunday’s 2-2 draw between Swansea City and Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium showed us exactly why Diego Costa is the Premier League’s best striker.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Romelu Lukaku and Jamie Vardy will be among the other hit men no doubt debating the issue on who is top dog. In these parts, though, they’re all second to Costa.

Not only did the Blues frontman score twice to secure his team a point, but he was everywhere and bossed the Swansea back line. His performance was a throwback to how the great English forwards of the past carved out their reputations. There was an air of Alan Shearer about the Spain international, even a little Peter Osgood thrown in for good measure to get Chelsea fans salivating.

Costa was the right sort of aggressive on Sunday, and when the time came, he was in the right place at the right time to score his goals. They weren’t just tap-ins, either; Costa had plenty to do in both instances before he could score. And on each occasion, he delivered.

Diego Costa brought up 35 league goals for Chelsea today, and he’s on pace for greatness