Diego Costa Scores As Atletico Madrid Thrash Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0

Diego Costa scored as Atletico Madrid made an immense stride towards a place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League with triumph over Lokomotiv Moscow. 

Costa got his 6th objective in 12 appearances since moving back to the Spanish side from Chelsea in January. 

Saul Niguez and Koke were additionally on focus for the 2010 and 2012 champs. 

Lokomotiv are seven focuses clear at the highest point of the Russian Premier League, yet now confront a significant deficiency going into one week from now's arrival leg. 

"In the entire amusement we were prevalent," Atletico mentor Diego Simeone said. 

The home side opened the scoring halfway through the main half obligingness of Niguez's brilliant strike from 30 yards that cruised into the best corner. 

Costa included Atletico's second toward the beginning of the second half by guiding home the bounce back after Antoine Griezmann's shot had been spared. 

Griezmann and Costa were both pulled back as the half advanced, yet there was still time for Koke to blast into the zone and discover the corner. 

"Not the slightest bit did I feel humiliation for the group," said Lokomotiv mentor Yuri Semin. "We don't consider the tie lost."