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DIEGO WHO?

Chelsea fans take to Twitter to declare hat-trick Alvaro Morata is an upgrade on forgotten Diego Costa

CHELSEA fans seem to have made it official: Alvaro Morata is better than Diego Costa.

Days after the Premier League winner finally forced his way out of Stamford Bridge in a £58million return to Atletico Madrid, Morata bagged a brilliant hat-trick.

 Alvaro Morata scored three goals against Stoke to replace the club's favourite former striker
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Alvaro Morata scored three goals against Stoke to replace the club's favourite former strikerCredit: Rex Features
 Alvaro Morata had big boots to fill as Diego Costa fired Chelsea to the title with 20 league goals last season
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Alvaro Morata had big boots to fill as Diego Costa fired Chelsea to the title with 20 league goals last seasonCredit: Rex Features

Morata had already scored three headers before the trip to Stoke and Blues fans have been joking he waited for Costa to clear off before he started putting his feet to work.

Speaking about his new superstar, Antonio Conte said: "He played a good game, a really good performance. Now he has to continue this way to be a great striker.”

But the Chelsea fans were a little bit more inventive:


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