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Michy Batshuayi aims dig at former Chelsea teammate Diego Costa after scoring winner against Atletico Madrid

The Belgian scored with the last kick of the game to seal the three points

Jack Austin
Thursday 28 September 2017 11:01 BST
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Batshuayi came off the bench in the 82nd minute
Batshuayi came off the bench in the 82nd minute (Getty)

Michy Batshuayi wasted no time in rubbing salts in the wounds of Diego Costa after scoring last-minute Chelsea’s winner against the striker’s new club Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

The striker, who played back-up to Costa last season and is now fulfilling a similar role to Alvaro Morata – who scored the equaliser at the Wanda Metropolitano – struck with the last kick of the game after entering the fray in the 82nd minute.

The Belgian immediately posted a mocked-up photograph of his head on Batman’s body with the spotlight of a Chelsea badge and the caption: “When the game needs a 94th minute winner call me #Batsman”.

He then added in a later photo on Instagram with all his teammates: “More seriously, I’m happy to score the winning foal but what a great game we had!!! Terrific team performance enjoyed it all”.

However, he was not done there and still found time to troll former teammate Costa – who was caught on camera with his head in his hands as Batshuayi’s goal went in in front of him.

His final Instagram post of the evening was a picture with Costa and another former Chelsea star, Fernando Torres – who came off the bench to face his old club.

“Great honour to meet one of the great strikers I used to watch when I was younger,” he wrote. “And no I’m not talking about Diego #ElNino #guesswhostolhisjerseytonight.”

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