Diego Costa ensured Arsene Wenger's 22-year reign as Arsenal manager will end in Huddersfield and not Lyon as the former Chelsea man hit the winner for Atletico Madrid in a closely fought Europa League semi-final.

Ger McCarthy looks at what we learned from Atletico Madrid v Arsenal

Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa has said he would ‘love’ for team mate Antoine Griezmann to stay at the La Liga club beyond the next transfer window.

Diego Costa last night made a goalscoring return to Atletico Madrid with a second-half strike in their comfortable 4-0 Copa de Rey win at Lleida.

Filipe Luis rued the absence of former Chelsea striker Diego Costa as Atletico Madrid bid for a victory at Stamford Bridge they hope can help secure their Champions League survival, writes Matt McGeehan.

If this season was an episode of Friends it would have be called ‘The one with deja vu’. 

The Portuguese government minister in charge of emergency services has resigned after 106 people were killed in wildfires this year.

After the heights of our fabulous Madrid performance, the City game was a hell of a crash landing on Saturday evening.

Antonio Conte reckons Chelsea have been "penalised" by the Premier League fixture schedulers over Saturday's clash with Manchester City.

Atletico Madrid 1 Chelsea 2: Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi proved there is life after Diego Costa as Chelsea fought back to win 2-1 at Atletico Madrid last night.

Costa, whose return to Atletico was completed on Tuesday, watched on as Chelsea responded from David Luiz's needless concession of a penalty scored by Antoine Griezmann.

Antonio Conte has urged Eden Hazard and Chelsea to seize their opportunity in tonight’s Champions League Group C clash at Atletico Madrid.

Monday morning Quarterback - Daniel Storey

Dani Ceballos fired a LaLiga debut double to ease pressure on boss Zinedine Zidane as Real Madrid edged out Alaves 2-1.

Sergio Aguero moved within a goal of Manchester City's all-time record.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes has suggested that without Diego Costa, Chelsea are worse off in terms of “the dark arts”.

Diego Costa’s protracted return to Atletico Madrid after three years at Chelsea looks a done deal after terms were agreed over the striker’s transfer.

Arsene Wenger is expecting a response from his Arsenal players to losing crucial away games when they travel to face Premier League champions Chelsea today.

Antonio Conte admits Chelsea’s recent defeats to Arsenal remain a sore point and he will look to right a few wrongs tomorrow.

Antonio Conte has hit out at “ridiculous” reports he turned off his phone when Ross Barkley wanted to speak to him over a possible transfer to Chelsea.

Antonio Conte has hit out at "ridiculous" reports he turned off his phone when Ross Barkley wanted to speak to him over a possible transfer to Chelsea.

The 28-year-old is yet to return to Chelsea for the new season, having remained in Brazil in a bid to force a move to Atletico Madrid.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain completed a £35million move to Liverpool and Serge Aurier joined Tottenham on what is expected to be a busy transfer deadline day for the Premier League's elite.

Alexis Sanchez, Diego Costa and Philippe Coutinho could all seal big-money moves on what promises to be a dramatic final day of the Premier League transfer window.

Everton boss Ronald Koeman remains keen on adding a striker to his squad and would welcome a loan arrangement for Chelsea outcast Diego Costa.

Tottenham’s Harry Kane is relishing the prospect of facing Real Madrid following a Champions League draw which also saw Chelsea handed a showdown with Diego Costa’s former club Atletico Madrid.

Jose Mourinho believes former club Chelsea remain Premier League favourites despite Antonio Conte struggling in some areas, the ongoing Diego Costa debacle, and their chastening opening-weekend defeat.

Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte has laughed off Diego Costa's suggestion that he has been treated like "a criminal" and says the striker is in "the past".

Diego Costa has pleaded with Chelsea to lower their asking price to allow him to return to Atletico Madrid.

Tottenham and Chelsea play at Wembley Stadium on Sunday in the Premier League.

Exiled striker Diego Costa has repeated his wish to return to Atletico Madrid and believes his stand-off with Chelsea will come to an end when he travels to Spain.

Chelsea and Diego Costa’s dispute is no nearer to a resolution as the Blues begin their Premier League title defence in an apparent legal wrangle with the exiled striker.

“To succeed you have to become nastier” Mark Hughes told Tore Andre Flo, soon after the young Norwegian arrived at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 1997.

The loss of Phillippe Coutinho would not be as damaging to Liverpool as was the departure of Luis Saurez in 2014.

Ian Rush is the record goalscorer for Liverpool and Wales. These days, he’s an ambassador for Liverpool and Uefa. Rush spends some of his spare time in Cork with his partner Carol Anthony, from Togher. Rush has joined Liverpool on their summer tour with the final stop today (5.15pm) in Dublin as the Reds face Athletic Bilbao at the Aviva Stadium

Antonio Conte expects this season to be his most difficult in management.

Alvaro Morata has set his sights on winning further silverware at Chelsea after completing his move from Real Madrid.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says Diego Costa was told in January he was not part of the club’s plans.

Juventus have signed Brazil winger Douglas Costa on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa is missing the start of pre-season training after being given time off.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa will miss the start of pre-season training, Press Association Sport understands.