Diego Costa inspires Chelsea to a comfortable 3-0 victory over defending champions Leicester City at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

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The Spanish striker opened the scoring in the seventh minute as he tapped home from close range when found unmarked from a corner.

The Blues soon  doubled their lead when Eden Hazard profited from some woeful defending from Leicester before slotting past Kasper Schmeichel.

However, Victor Moses played a delightful one-two with Nathaniel Chalobah late on before finding the back of the net to wrap up the scoring for Chelsea as they walked away with three points.

Chelsea striker played an important part for the Blues by taking two shots at goal with one on target leading to the opening goal with one shot coming from inside the box and another from outside the box. He also created one chance going forward in attack for the home side.

According to Sports Club’s Opta-powered match stats, Diego Costa managed to complete 60 touches on the ball after spending 90 minutes on the field.

The Spanish international completed 24 out of 35 passes on the ball with 31.4% coming from the right and 28.6% going forward, while 25,7% came from the left.

In defence, the striker won six out of 20 duels while making two clearances and winning two fouls for his side at Stamford Bridge. Costa also won 100% of his tackles while successfully completed one out of two crosses going forward.

Chelsea controlled the match and had the best possession (54.9%), while Leicester City could only manage 45.1% of the possession.

Meanwhile, the Blues had more shots on goal than the Foxes, producing 16 chances at goal compared to five efforts respectively.

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