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However, speaking ahead of their Premier League opener with West Ham on Monday night, Antonio Conte confirmed that Costa has chose to stay at the club for their forthcoming season.

Lineups looked strong on both ends, with Conte playing Diego Costa up front in a 4-1-4-1 formation. He doesn’t want to lose and I like that passion, I want this passion in the team, ‘ he said. We did very well and played like tigers for 90 minutes. Antonio Conte, new Chelsea Manager is confident that his team will do well this year and they plan to get things started with a big win tonight at home.

“Diego Costa is a great player, and I know that he’s a fantastic finisher”. Now, with a new stadium, 12 extra months under the manager and Dimitri Payet going around again, the Hammers have cause to hope for improvement after last year’s encouraging finish, which yielded Europa League qualification. It can help you to get over difficulties. You are a forward, not a midfielder, not a defender. And I think that Diego can improve still a lot. I hope for this.

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Ogbonna believes Conte is the ideal man to turn Chelsea’s fortunes around after they finished 10th last season. Their past is not important to me and now, I am seeing a good attitude from Diego – to work and to improve in different situations.

The Belgium worldwide was named man-of-the-match after his penalty and Diego Costa’s dramatic late victor either side of James Collins’ strike secured a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Monday.

“Then, the goals arrive”.

“And I’m sure Andre is one of them”.

Costa was booked as a result, approaching the referee to complain, only to receive a quick yellow under the new Premier League rule, which states that players should refrain from approaching officials to contest decisions.

Kante started at the base of midfield in the only change to the Chelsea team that started last season’s opening game – a 2-2 draw with Swansea City that gave the first hints of the rot that was about to set in.

The Stamford Bridge-based outfit have spent big to bring Michy Batshuayi and N’Golo Kante to the club this summer but they remain very much an unknown quantity in terms of how they have recovered from last season’s disappointment.