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?

"Costa is an artist. He knows exactly how to provoke players, when the
referee is looking and when he isn't, and takes full advantage of the
fact that humans arbitrate the match and that humans play it. Winding
people up is no accident, it's an extremely useful skill. Although he
didn't score, this match was Costa's masterpiece, his Sistine Chapel of
being a dick. His actions turned a tight game that seemed destined for a
goalless draw into a comfortable Chelsea win."

Keep hating.

I remember when people hated on Drogba when he first arrived to Chelsea. He went on to become a legend and his actions on the pitch made most critics shut their mouths.

Another thin.. Gabriel and Costa HAVE a history..

This is a no win situation for Chelsea fans. Support Costa and be called classless. Turn on Costa and be called plastic. At the end of the day Diego is a Chelsea player and I will stand by him and his style of play regardless.

Marcus2011 : "You should definitely learn to differentiate between dirty football and physical football ... "

here's a link.. it's soccer because tried to search for football, NFL came out..

http://www.soccerclassroom.com/coaching-blog/the-difference-between-playing-aggressive-and-playing-dirty/

p/s : not a top COACH wrote this article but hey, it sums up your own words.. did costa played dirty or aggressive? GO FIGURE..

costa aurier case.. if costa keep his hands off players, i think aurier wont even have a glimps of mind nor idea to make that nasty tackle.. your logic is costa was in high speed chase.. FAST?? looks like speed jogging more like..

^ sorry off topic..

Im not trying to bash anyone but @KTBFFHSWE: no one is going to call you plastic if you say Costa is dirty and he should learn to avoid those craps. We respect that opinion more and that's what we call being fair and respectful.

But it's perfectly understandable for you to stand by him. NOT by his obviously-foul action. When crap stuffs we did went in favor for our team, I knew it was wrong and I just stayed quiet if I couldn't be fair.

@Marcus You are the perfect example of what the word bias means...
If you read the few lines i wrote, i didnt criticized Costa's behaviour, i didnt watched the game. But i just reminded people like you how much they felt disgraced, outraged, whining and crying about few incidents not involving their players and you were in all fronts, i guess when you talk about piranhas you foget that you are the first one.

I dont get offended by one dive or silly move in a game, i played football enough to know that these kind of stuff exist in every pitch, even in amator fields, but i will repeat myself and quote shpalman again, this is double standards...

For your off topic league thing, i will try to make it very short, i watch all leagues even second divisions because i need objective opinion to size each team level to make money on betting, when i watch a Chelsea game, its not for the quality of Football they produce nor for PL.

You dont want to watch la liga, nobody oblige you to do so, i guess you wont watch CL and EL soon.

Marcus, you are comparing an isolated event by a player who makes challenges like that maybe once or twice a year and you compare that to Costa who does this every single game. Its like when he plays everyone is waiting on Costa to do something dirty because he is a very dirty player. Im not justifying Jordi or anything like that.

Its true Chelsea are always surrounded by controversy, just like Barcelona, just like Real Madrid, just like Manchester City and United. Every team gets torn apart by people over the internet.

Tiki.. Who are you trying to fool. You don't watch the best league in the world; the BPL.

Here's some fun reading for you guys:

HARRY REDKNAPP believes Chelsea's Diego Costa should not be punished by the Football Association after his altercation with Arsenal defender Gabriel.

link: <http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/606743/Harry-Redknapp-Diego-Costa-Gabriel-Chelsea-Arsenal>

MARTIN KEOWN: I'd have loved to have played against Diego Costa...the Chelsea striker has a black belt in the dark arts.

link: <http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2015/09/20/15566912/wenger-calls-for-fa-to-take-action-over-costa-incident>

Also, Keown, Neville and Shearer all appreciate the role that Costa played on Saturday...but what do they know about the game eh?

...And let's add Gary Lineker to that list

Lineker: "Diego Costa may be the world's grumpiest, most annoying striker, but you would always choose to play with him rather than against him. "He's a real street fighter, and let's not forget that he's also a proven goalscorer."

Source : http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/606604/Spurs-Gary-Lineker-Chelsea-Diego-Costa-Arsenal

Oh, but he's just another plastic bandwagoning Chelsea fan so his opinion doesn't count

@KTBFFHSWE

HARRY REDKNAPP believes?? LOL.. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL..

Shearer FULL quotes regarding the incident;

Speaking on Match of the Day on Saturday night, Shearer did not hold back in his criticism of the Chelsea man.

'I like him, I'm a fan of his and I like the way he plays, I like the way he's aggressive,' he said. 'But there's a line and he crossed that line today, on more than one occasion.

'This, I hate... trying to get Coquelin booked with his reaction. I hate that, I really do. He should get a yellow card himself for doing it, that's the law.

Shearer appreciates? yea.. but please show us he DO CRITICIZE about it too bro.. LOL

and YUP.. he is a FUNNY man..

https://vine.co/v/OFQdmABq2Od

LMAO.. haha

Honestly No player is Perfect.. Costa is yes an aggressive player, he could lose his temper here and there, but we have no right to judge. You know there is a referee for such causes plus come on mates, Mike dean is definitely not with chelsea, its just that Costa outsmarted Gabriel. You all saw what Gabriel did, and costa reacted perfectly to get him sent off. Just like Mueller with Pepe in the world cup, Pepe with Costa in the copa 2013-2014 first leg. Ramos and Manduzic. Well in football there is no i love you, you love me crap. Every player tries to go for the win, guys they do this cause its like their life. You cant just say hey lets have fun, they will even try to do the dirtiest trick.

Like I said, everyone dives, everyone overreacts and everyone wants the other team to lose in any case. Saying Costa deserves a red is damn true, but he didn't cause he knew what to do and when to do it. Pepe outsmarted Costa when he pissed him off untill costa took action where lead to him to get a yellow and not play in the second leg. Pepe did an un-polite move, no sportsmanship move, but for me he did what we need a winning move. There are most games that I actually RMA to win so bad that i didn't even care if The whole team dived just to get a penalty, Winning comes first than you all can get mad if they cheated, dived not of that matters to them but the win.

Costa may be the top 3 aggressive players, but hey he did what his team needs and that's that. In the World cup 2010 Uruguay vs Ghana, Ghana were tied with uruguay and had a chance to score the winning goal, but hey he stopped the ball with his hand crystal clear even though they won a penalty, it hit the bar. THE WHOLE URUGUAY COUNTRY though Suarez was their hero and everyone else thought of him as a cunt. But whole laughed last, Suarez. He did it for his team it may be an ugly win, but a win is a win.

@jimbet

I am little confused trying to find where exactly I said that Costa played aggressive in this particular instance ? Not being sarcastic at all ...

You have to be kidding . Jimbet do you play football ? Do You want to say that is not possible at all for player to run into another player or throw hands out while you run ? It is very difficult to talk to people who rarely plays football to explain all this therefore I will just leave for you to figure by reading articles of other people defining it for you ...

Alan Shearer needs to refresh his own past . He seemed to forgot what he used to on the field. That is the pathetic thing about ex footballers that now pundits are trying to white wash their past with opinion on current players actions .

I completely have rare respect for anyone other than Garry Nevile who is always honest with himself and never being hypocrite . I hated the guy as a player but i realized how wrong i am after he retired because I would want Neville on my team anyday . He was unbelievably dedicated player for United !

But mate you can go back and check out your old Arsenal during winning days . It had full team of Costas .

And in the end I think You know what is not fair , it is for Arsenal fans to justify actions of Gabriel just because it is Costa .

@tiki

Everything is understood . I am in sure later down the season we will have to come back to your own words like we always do . Meanwhile keep up with your agenda better not change it like you always do .

@rainmondo

LOL Come on mate , read it yourself . Don't you think it is ridiculous to justify dirty actions of one player by saying he only does few times a year ? He does it enough ! It is just he is not on spotlight like Costa . How many games was Pepe banned for similar actions ? LOL If Costa does what Alba did he will be demanded to be banned from football by idiot fans .

@tuan

How many Costas did United have during winning days since 90s ? Be honest , a lot , alot a lot . Rooney is probably the last one From that old school football although he has become soft and "femenine" . I remember aggressive Rooney , who was hated by other fans for being a dirty c*nt . I can show you why or you can simply refresh your mind . I always wanted that Rooney on my team because boy he used to give everything he has for United .

@rayrex

Problem we are having here is football became parallel reflection of our society . We get easily offended , we get easily upset about everything and anything . Even footyroom has become such !! Anything on forum is quickly taken as offensive .

Football players , who make this already "feminine " sport exciting , are getting bashed ! Just look at the fouls and behaviour of footballers back then and compare it now days . We are watching p8ssy football these days . We have become laughing stock of cricket for god sake for our diving players who cry from instant touch . We used to be mens game but now . Referees constantly give soft fouls and yellows for tackles that i used to make when i was a kid . A little body check or tough push and it is a foul ! Come on ! Especially in la liga , every minute there is a foul ! It is frustrating to watch .

Sunday league is more tougher than EPL these days . Costa does cross line at times that is why we don't defend him all the time but he brings that old football back that I think many of us started to miss ! And Jose was right ! Players like him make the headlines and sell this league ! That is why EPL makes big bucks because it is a huge entertainment in every area not just football !

We have players who hug out before the match and after like they are on baby shower . Fck that ! I a fan and I hate them so you , player , better hate them too , you hug it out after season is over ! :) Now it is a war ! So get out there and break noses for my club . That is why Pay for Tv , buy merchandize , go to games and footballers are paid more than doctors because their career might be over anytime !

About diving . Diving to me is worse than playing aggressive . I hate when it happens at Chelsea . I hate it so much !! I know players sometimes need to resort to it because referees dont pay attention and are very poor but it is still weak , sneaky , lower and dirtier than if someone punched someone . That is not manly to cry victim all the time ! At least other guy is not tricking no one and playing with referees trust . He is just being himself aggressive c8nt !

I never was mad at Suarez that year . Although I wished for Ghanna progress ! Suarez did what he had to do and if I was in his situation i would have done the same . So all the fans who thought Suarez was c8nt in that situation need to think it over . You don't get chances like that and Suarez was not going to give it away easily .

Sorry I was not going to write essay but it just always comes out like this ...

Rayrex, and that is exactly what is wrong with the sport nowadays. Theres no more fair play or sportsmanship. None of the things you mentioned are acceptable in a pitch and all of those should rightfuly be punished. You win by playing better or having luck, not by tricking the ref or cheating.

@Marcus I agree, but try to understand WE MUST THINK AS IF WE ARE PLAYING. We dont know how important is a game than the actual players. Players like Ramos, Ronaldo and Benzema want to beat Barcelona more than kroos our Modric. Its simple history, some players have history with a person others don't.

@rai similar to what i said to marcus, we cant judge 100% we aren't in their shoes, they know what happens when they lose, we don't. Money, fame, media, fans, paparazzi etc there are many things outside the pitch that are in their minds. Ronaldo made a personal video to his fans saying "please don't believe what the media tells you, they hate me, I want them to just leave me alone and let me do what I do"
Like I said they have different lives, some this some say that, I hate him I hate you we all have our reasons. Some may be idiotic, like plain stupid but hey it won't bother me nor you, if he gets caught he just buried his own grave

@Marcus: I respect your points but I dont get your comment that directs to me...

I didn't like what Rooney used to do at time when he played dirty (but mind you that rough is different from DIRTY).

If I cheered and defended for similar dirty actions in United, then I was dead WRONG, and I have learned to change, not to blindly defend our team!

Couple of seasons ago, when Young dived constantly, I and many other United fans were madly against it!!! Felt ashamed.

I agree with the point of playing football and incident happen because you are passionate and always want to win. Costa obviously one of the highest, but his constant moaning, tricky and sneaky provocation disgust me. He's entertaining though. And I understand football also needs those players.

Can we reach 1000 comments on this topic? It's a very interesting topic to many it seems...

Tuan I am not trying to personally attack how you deal when United player does something dirty . I am talking in general sense , because in general sense majority of fans from United for example never condemned Rooney during his rage days but always defended him . Just like in General sense you believe that we all think that Costa's actions are always good . No .

Also , I am referring to your suggestion that when our player does something wrong we should criticize him or completely be silent even if the opponent player also did wrong . People are justifying Gabriels action is what angers us . How can we be silent when we see Costa becoming easy target and scapegoat even when the other guy is also wrong . That is what frustrates us .

And yeah mate , Rooney was dirty . He was same for the national side and for United . Not just rough player but dirty player . We can write a book just about that during his career . Fact is that he was so much better player during those years . Some players have it in their nature to be aggressive and explosive because it gives them fuel for performances. They can't help it . I completely understand them because I am sort of same during matches . We hate loosing and we have huge urge to win no matter what .

Every team has that aggressive and dirty player , but now that Chelsea is a top club our player gets the spotlight . And we are mocked us being irrational , stubborn , brainwashed or bias bigots . On top It is all fueled by media because Chelsea and Mourinho is what sells their garbage news .

Fun part is also that we faced Costa last year and he did exactly same against us but Chelsea fans majority did not complain a bit !

@rayrex

The thing is we don't even know what these footballers say to each other . DO we not curse during the match on amateur match ? Imagine what happens during big pro matches . Costa and Gabriel speak Portuguese , I am sure Mike Dean did not understand jack sht of what they told each other . Who knows what Gabriel told Costa ?

Not like players always disclose what they talk about to eachother not even to mention they cursing at each other .

Most of us want to see, plain, simple football and some of us want rough, push and shove football, like rugby. We all have our different perspective in terms of actions on the pitch, I for one like to see some action pushing and shoving, I don't like diving of course, but sometimes I dont mind it happening. The main aspect is should we judge the footballer or ref in these incidents.