Simeone hails Costa after 'historic' night for Atletico

Soccer Football - Europa League Semi Final Second Leg - Atletico Madrid v Arsenal - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - May 3, 2018 Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hailed "aggressive" striker Diego Costa after the Spain international fired his side to a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Thursday, taking them into the Europa League final with a 2-1 aggregate victory.

Atletico splashed out 57 million euros (£50.24 million) to bring Costa back from Chelsea last year and he repaid some of that fee by breaking the deadlock at the end of the first half at the Wanda Metropolitano.