Diego Costa scored in the first and last minutes to lead Chelsea to a 6-3 win over Everton in a wild shootout Saturday, leaving the title favourites with maximum points from their opening three matches in the Premier League.
Chelsea displayed its new-found attacking sparkle with a ruthless performance at Goodison Park, taking a 2-0 lead after three minutes and then scoring three more times in a chaotic 11-minute spell in the second half.
Costa began the rout with a goal after 34 seconds and Branislav Ivanovic added a second two minutes later, only for Kevin Mirallas to reduce the deficit for Everton just before halftime.
Seamus Coleman’s own goal in the 66th minute sparked a rush of five goals in 11 minutes during which both defences were carved open.
Steven Naismith made it 3-2, Nemanja Matic regained Chelsea’s two-goal lead in the 74th but Everton came back again through Samuel Eto’o’s header on his debut, against the club that released him in the summer.
Ramires put Chelsea 5-3 ahead and Costa wrapped up a madcap second half with a low finish after a brilliant back-heel from substitute Didier Drogba, taking the Spain striker’s tally to four goals in three games since his summer move from Atletico Madrid.
