Sloppy Blues drop first points in Conte’s reign

brought down Sigurdsson, who levelled from the spot.

Unbelievably, Swansea led just three minutes later. Cahill miscontrolled a Terry pass and Fer hustled him off the ball. His shot was half-saved by Courtois but still rolled into the net.

“For the second goal everyone can see the foul on Cahill and there is a big mistake from the referee,” said Conte. “I don’t want to complain but this is the reality. I was pleased with our reaction but I have to tell the players that when we have the possibility to kill the game you must do it.”

The game was now being played at a relentless pace, Costa escaping a second booking after going down when contesting a loose ball with Fabianski. But the Spaniard rescued Conte’s unbeaten start with a superb overhead kick after Ivanovic’s shot flew into the air off Amat.

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