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21st Nov 2016

Calum Chambers asking for Diego Costa’s shirt was never going to go down well with Arsenal fans

Of course...

JOE

Despite what you might have seen immediately after the full-time whistle at the Riverside on Sunday afternoon, Calum Chambers remains an Arsenal player.

Over the summer, Arsene Wenger decided that a loan move to newly-promoted Middlesbrough would benefit the young defender’s development more than the limited playing time he could offer him at the Emirates.

As a result, Chambers is spending this season on Teesside, and found himself in the Boro defence that faced a resurgent Chelsea on Sunday. Antonio Conte’s men did enough to secure victory by a single goal, scored by Diego Costa four minutes from half-time.

Chelsea v Arsenal - Premier League

Costa, who appears to have returned to the kind of goals-scoring form that inspired Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea to Premier League glory in 2015, has had several run ins with Arsenal players during his time in England. Keeping that in mind, you can imagine how Arsenal fans reacted when it seemed that Chambers asked for the Spanish international’s shirt after the game had ended…

https://twitter.com/SantiClaus/status/800396956333965312

Yep, just like that.

Still, at least Chelsea fans were amused by it…

https://twitter.com/LondonIsBlue12/status/800523922785632256

Chelsea’s win at the Riverside sees them top the Premier League table with 12 games played. Arsenal, who snatched a last-gasp Olivier Giroud equaliser at Old Trafford a day earlier, sit in fourth – three points behind their London rivals.

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