World cup: Spain beat Iran 1-0 in a hard-fought match

Andres Iniesta slid a ball through for Diego Costa, who rolled the first defender but seemed to have been crowded out, only for Ramin Rezaeian’s clearance to strike the Atletico forward’s shin and rebound in. Unorthodox, unaesthetically appealing but undeniably effective, it was Costa’s career in microcosm.