https://vine.co/v/OnHwF3rpzKw

The link above shows him kicking an opposition player in the back.

https://vine.co/v/OnHPjtDmhW0

This link shows him punching an opposition player in the face.

This is much worse than Suarez's stupid dives and biting habits, and Costa should be banned accordingly. English FA is very controversial, so I don't expect a ban, but what do you guys think? Ban, or no ban?

There is a lot of truth that Costa is a proper "c8nt" in your terms . In my terms is the guy who gives everything for my club however way he can .

Arsenal defenders were riling him up up until that moment he exploded on Koscielny , but it all backfired because Costa turned out to be more sneaky than Gabriel and Koscielny . Why is Koscielny diving down after chest knock ?

What the fck was Gabriel thinking throwing cow like back kick ? He certainly was thinking he will be clever and get away with it .

I thought he should have been off when he wrestled Hazard off the ball in scoring opportunity !

@shpalman You have your inside sources from the bridge ? Please enlighten us

Should get lifetime ban, ruining the beautiful game.

lol At what point did Arsenal played beautiful game today ?

I think Costa brings the excitement that liberal and far left sensitive football has become .

There's nothing to defend here, doesn't matter if you're a fan of Chelsea or not. Do I defend my friend poking some1 in the street 2 times without reason? No, I'd say what the f*ck is wrong with you.

@tuan Nope. Should've punched him in the face, he doesn't deserve being licked in the ass. In fact, maybe Gabriel should've poked him in the eye TWICE. Eye for an eye.

The hard part is, people are SO ________________F*CKING___________ biased in life. Might help if you got on someone else's shoes sometimes.

@chelsea8 I might aswell poke you in the eye twice and let's see who is laughing then.

Hey if you have a hard on for Costa , I have for Conquelin who IMO made some very heavy tackles and disrupted counter attacks with his fouls that should have accumulated in red before Costa incident

Exactly people are biased that they also let the fact that Gabriel earlier denied scoring opportunity basically wrestling Hazard out of the ball . We should have been up 1 , and you already down with 10 . Hey come on judges and jurors be fair with your analysis of the match .

"@shpalman You have your inside sources from the bridge ? Please enlighten us"

@Marcus,
no, i just have a brain, pal. it is clear that Mourinho condones Costas' behaviour. you know, Mourinho actually could grab Costa and tell him to cut the cr*p, but he won't. and btw, how much hate did you spew on Verratti when he owned your whole midfield committing a couple of fouls? truth is, if Costa would pull this sh*t against Chelsea you would be here crying all over the place about it. double standards.

So you saying that Simeone also used to tell him to go do samething ? Don't you think that is actually risky thing to do when referees are against Costa , media and players . They seek to provoke him but he outsmarts them . Good for Costa .

Verrati made leg breaking tackles maybe you need to rewatch the match and stop being patriotic about your Italian players as if they are angels . The whole diving , provoking fights and being sneaky with referees philosophy was started by Italian footballers . How I know this I watch football since 90s . Verrati is graduate of that school .

Btw Is Koscielny face ok ? I am sure he will be fine . Verrati was heading for leg breaking And constant heavy tackles not playing by the book .

And funny thing to say , yes we have faced Costa before and he was temper ( or what you call c8nt) with us too . You are moderator , find a comment where I got pissed at him ? I am sure you won't find a single one . He did not make a single leg breaking tackles but he did get on our players nerves just like ours tried to intimidate him .

leg breaking tackles? patriotism? haha, sure. know what? whatever Marcus, it's pointless to argue with you, you got a tunnel-view. here's your legit red card for Gabriel, use full screen: https://streamable.com/nffy

edit: better view http://www.gfycat.com/ForthrightFailingAfricanwildcat

As a usually un-biased individual (although not feeling a lot of Chelsea love today) I have some simple questions:

Did Diego Costa deserve to be sent off by the rules of the game?

The answer is yes, on two occasions, both regarding the hands to the face of Koscielny. This is not intent to injure or anything like that, it is unsportsmanlike conduct, and the second one maybe violent conduct. Either way, worth two red cards.

Did the game deserve a red card? (Using referee opinion, this will differ based on person)

Personally, I would not have given a red card to Costa after the first incident, not because it wasn't a red card offence, but because the game didn't need it. Therefore I also would not have given a red card to any Arsenal player because Costa did not receive one. However, there was a subsequent incident in the second half (you know what I'm talking about) that I would've given a second yellow to Costa for.

I did not personally see the penalty shout, I wasn't awake yet, so I'm not commenting on that - just the events regarding Costa.

Did Gabriel, or any other Arsenal player deserve to be sent off by the rules of the game?

No. The conclusion I drew from the referee was that the STRAIGHT red card was for the kick out that did NOT involve a stomp, regardless of what is said. That, in the rulebook is not a red card - the referee (I'm assuming) gave the card because he had just warned Gabriel and maybe even said if any of you continue this, you're off, in which case, Gabriel is an idiot, I'm not disputing that. This was not a rule-breaking red card, it was a discretionary one.

Here is the final question, and in my opinion that only one that actually matters in the Diego Costa situation:

Did Diego Costa commit a red card offence, escape unpunished, and use the reaction to his offence to goad both Arsenal and the referee into making hot-headed choices?

There is only one answer for me there, and it is yes.

Diego Costa, regardless of what the referee saw and perceived, is the person with the most guilt in this scenario, and the fact he escaped in-game punishment both destroyed the game and is a disgrace.

You can dispute those facts and opinions I laid out, but in the end I don't see how anyone can come to any conclusion that Costa is the right.

During the match you can have all your hands up in the air and frustration may force player to little more extra than usual . It is amazing to me that you are the same people who defended Ibrahimovic for deliberate elbow on John Terry which was far worse than what Costa did . Also, Chest pushing is constant thing in football , to me Koscielny went down rather too easy .

Referee was handling it well . He told both of them to stfu and get on with a game . He tried to keep everyone on the field . However, what Gabriel did was plain idiotic stuff ! He reminded me of John Terry in 2012 against Barcelona . We knew Sanchez improvised and exaggerated but Terry was stupid to kick him like that , therefore deserved that red . Same case here . Deserved red for Gabriel to do it right in front of referee !

I am not approving Costas action all I am saying is that he handled it better than Gabriel who went extra step towards stupid . And he got what he deserved .

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I highly disagree with Crook's analysis, for reasons I left in the thread specifically devoted to it.

From Telegraph:

@Sunflash: well said in the first post. And for the 2nd, I also left a comment on Crooks' thread. I agree with him in all aspects.

@sphalman: well, I doubt it that Mou encourages to do such thing. nope. But he might encourage him to do everything that necessary to win. Costa did it from his nature... he can be a nice lad off the field, sure, but tricky and dirty ass on it.

Mou's tactic is very practical, not beautiful, super ugly at time, but it doesnt mean we can say that he tells his player to be provocative and dirty. We are not in the dressing room, we can only guess from what we see, from what I see it's the player himself.

One thing is, other nicer coaches would contain such guys better (look at how Carlo turned Pepe into a clean defender)

Haha, Costa is just a hilarious guy..

^ Exactly what im thinking :D

Hahaha ^ thats also what i think lol