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All of us know how bonkers Diego Costa is during the games, before and after he is friends with everybody but during any match he transforms like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. That's exactly what happened this Saturday during the FA Cup match against Everton. With the match already decided by a fantastic Romelu Lukaku brace, Costa's frustration became evident after a Gareth Barry challenge brought out the worst in him and ecided to bite the English midfielder. Perhaps the referee didn't see the full action, but he was shown the second yellow card and got sent off.
Soon after the red card was shown, Costa spat straight to the ref's feet and left the field with a challenging crazy look in his eyes. The replay shows perfectly how he attempted to bit Gareth Barry in Mike Tyson style but at the moment he thought about it, he decided not to do it. However, the image is quite clear as it shows what his intentions truly were. After the match, Dutch manager Guus Hiddink justified Costa by saying the rivals went after his throughout the whole match, but the damage is already done and the FA will surely sanction him.
"I haven’t seen it and when I do then I will give a fair judgment. It’s difficult now to talk about this incident. I don’t want to give a judgement on this but he was chased a bit in the game as well. They went after him. They knew it. It’s within the rules but also as a referee you must protect the situation a bit. I’m not saying protect with capitals, but knowing and feeling the atmosphere when there are very small but many provocations. Then comes the moment to give judgement, but I haven’t seen it so I would only be speculating.
"I like him and I still like that he goes towards the edge. He desperately wanted to play today. It would have been better to rest him but it’s not the type of game to rest players. You like to have all the big players on board," said Hiddink after the match.
Then a club's spokesman clarified the situation further with the following statement, expecting the FA doesn't ban him for a large number of matches like they did with Luis Suarez in the past when he bit Chelsea's centre back Branislav Ivanovic: "Diego spoke to club officials after the game and expressed regret over his reaction to the challenge from Gareth Barry that led to his red card, but Diego was also very clear that he did not bite him at any point during that altercation."
Photo credit: Getty Images
DIEGO COSTA ❤ GARETH BARRY pic.twitter.com/rO2HAkecvm
— Twit y Taka (@TWITyTAKA) 12 de marzo de 2016
