Diego Costa did not get the chance to say goodbye to the Chelsea support when he left the club under such a cloud in 2017 after his falling out with the manager at the time, Antonio Conte. The centre-forward was able to do so here – only not as he might have wanted.
Costa’s full debut for Wolves was low on impact and his team were 2-0 down and heading for another defeat when he saw his number go up on 56 minutes. To the arch-competitor, it must have stung.
