Costa fires Chelsea to the top

                                  HALFTIME
        
                   CHELSEA 1 - 0 MIDDLESBROUGH

                                   FULLTIME
                    
                    CHELSEA 1 - 0 MIDDLESBROUGH

Diego Costa's first half stunner earned Chelsea all three points as the Blues go top of the premier league table with six clean sheets.

Diego Costa broke the dead luck for Chelsea in the 42nd minute from a coner, scoring his 10th premier league goal of the season.

Middlesbrough who premier league giants Arsenal and Manchester failed to equalise as Alvaro Negredo was denied the back of the net by goalkeeper Thibaut Curtois.

Chelsea who named an unchanged starting line up climbed to the summit of the premier league table, with a point ahead of second placed Liverpool.