Baphomet wrote:I still think about that "Battle of the Bridge" from 2016 often, that confirmed Leicester as champions. It's like a dream and a nightmare, Spurs simultaneously bottled it but also showed bottle by kicking the **** out of Chelsea. One of the dirtiest matches of all time, how nobody got sent off is a mystery. Simultaneously hate Costa and respect the hell out of him.
To be fair Chelsea and Man City bottled it even worse that season.
The Chelsea/Atleti league exchanges of the day left lots of what ifs because so many good players were traded/loaned.
Peak Costa goes to Chelsea, has overall the most consistent striker performances since Drogba was around (read random dry spells in the middle of generally excellent showing), then gets thrown under the bus by Conte after gaining the leverage of the title.
Peak Filipe Luis went to chelsea only to sit on the bench.
Courtouis gets improved during the Atleti to Chelsea stints in prep for move to T1 regular CL contender (since Chelsea wasn't at this level during that time).