The Senegal midfielder, who was left out of the starting XI for the 1-0 loss to Norwich as punishment for arriving late, started and ran the visiting backline ragged with his pace and tenacity.
Dejan Lovren, mentioned as that potential leader when signed from Southampton, has been desperately poor and looked shot to bits by the final whistle, run ragged by the pace and power of Palace's attack, with the outstanding Yannick Bolasie as its focal point.
The pacing is ragged; in terms of mood, the dancers flicker confusingly between lightness and darkness.
Chelsea have looked lethargic on many occasions this season but rarely have they looked as ragged, pedestrian and off the pace as they were against the Foxes.
So they upped the pace instead, running France ragged, just as they had Italy.
"I think you can add to that list 'Saturday Night Live.' " Presumably Mr. Smith wasn't trying to dissuade viewers from watching the program so much as expressing his own surprise at the frenetic and exhausting pace, the competitive atmosphere and the ragged shape of the week's events.
He is pacing around in it, his breathing ragged, moving from left to right and back again through the headphones clamped over my ears.
The informality of the performance – the corps look endearingly ragged, as if they're just going through their paces – suggests this short sequence might have been filmed at a rehearsal.
Five days is long enough to bag the major sights, but you'll be ragged by the end of it and will most likely miss the tranquil pace that makes this city unique.
Blessed with an abundance of pace and silky ball control, Costa will have the capability of running the Arsenal side ragged if he's not dealt with better than he was last month.
