Diego Costa

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

he hates Liverpool

[boshman 1,073]

I hope he scores the winner at the MH end then does an Adebayor and sprints to the Scouse scum, slides on his knees, arms outstreched and then reveals a top saying 'fuck you'

[Spike 12,049]

I hope he scores the winner at the MH end then does an Adebayor and sprints to the Scouse scum, slides on his knees, arms outstreched and then reveals a top saying 'fuck you'

I sure would love him to be suspended for twenty games!

[boshman 1,073]

I sure would love him to be suspended for twenty games!

Okay Mr literal. I'll just pretend the ban wouldn't happen and imagine him doing it.

[iceboy 992]

I fear the worst against Liverpool, he can send-off and miss City matchif he loose his mind against Henderson or Skrtel.

[Barbara 15,149]

Chelsea fans must be the hardest bunch to please.... nothing ever seems enough to them.

Who was it that thought I was exaggeration about people's criticism on him?

Go read last page when people called him shit and had others agreeing with it.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I fear the worst against Liverpool, he can send-off and miss City matchif he loose his mind against Henderson or Skrtel.

That is quite possible actually, considering we take a part of their fallen last season, their player could do anything to make him sent off if necessary, to make a huge blow possible to our title race this season as revenge.

Costa must be careful and hold himself back, because the provocation will be there for sure.

[Madmax 9,219]

Why we love Diego Costa - the Premier League version of Zlatan Ibrahimovic

"Football needs another Eric Cantona," says The Daily Telegraph's chief sports writer, Paul Hayward. "One who turns his collar up, looks at the world like it's his ping-pong ball and says what he thinks."

The closest we have to Cantona these days is probably Zlatan Ibrahimovic - the arrogance, the swagger and the uncanny ability to shock and surprise in equal measure - but he plays in France for PSG, and we don't really see much of him.

Do we have another Cantona slightly closer to home? A player we can't help but like and are not sure why? Step forward Diego Costa...

For starters, he's not afraid to alienate an entire nation. And not just any old nation. The most football-mad country on the planet who, last year, just happened to host the most important event in the football calendar. That's right, Costa, born in Brazil, elected to turn his back on the land of his birth and represent Spain. That takes balls. Especially as he then had to play for his adopted country at the World Cup in front of a few million unhappy Brazilians.

Second, he's old school. And in England we like that. So often South American forwards arrive in the Premier League and struggle to adapt - the weather, the food, the language, the physicality - they find something to moan about. But not Diego. He's big, he's bad and he's ugly and is about as ideally suited as you can get to a Premier League centre-forward.

Thirdly, he's not flash. At Chelsea he's one of their top earners, following his £32 million move from Atletico Madrid, but you won't see him spilling out of nightclubs, smoking on the job, tweeting something insanely stupid or arriving for training in the latest model of Ferrari.

Fourth, he loves football. Costa is in the same mould as Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez and Man City's Sergio Aguero. Like the Chilien and Argentine, he plays football like he's out in the park. He wants the ball. He may not have the speed of Sanchez or Aguero but he makes up for that with raw power. And he's not afraid not get stuck in. He just wants to play.

Fifth, he's not exactly an oil painting. That may sound harsh but there's something endearing about Costa's weathered, beaten-up look. If you had to go into battle with a footballer, Diego Costa is a man you'd want by your side. And he won't back down. He almost came to blows with Liverpool's Jordan Henderson in the Anfield tunnel the other night. Yeah, good luck with that one Jordan!

And finally, he's made it to the top the hard way. He may be on the big bucks now but Costa was no 16-year-old prodigy who had everything done for him and more money than his juvenile brain knew what to do with. No. In fact, up until 16 he was still playing street football in Brazil. Costa is walking, talking proof that good things come to those who wait.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11362358/Why-we-should-love-Diego-Costa.html

[Nero 1,794]

awsome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMXyLR3Skq0

[Barbara 15,149]

For those of you that love so much to compare Costa with others - especially Aguero.

I'm quite happy with our choice, especially as he isn't made of glass.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/jan/260115-chelsea-vs-man-city-diego-costa-vs-sergio-aguero.html

special attention to their linkup play in terms of chances created - as some here insist on claiming Costa is terrible at it and should be more like Aguero although he has twice more chances created than Kun...

Yep, 'nuff said

33 Chances created (incl. assists) 16

[Hostedenis 556]

For those of you that love so much to compare Costa with others - especially Aguero.

I'm quite happy with our choice, especially as he isn't made of glass.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/jan/260115-chelsea-vs-man-city-diego-costa-vs-sergio-aguero.html

special attention to their linkup play in terms of chances created - as some here insist on claiming Costa is terrible at it and should be more like Aguero although he has twice more chances created than Kun...

Yep, 'nuff said

33 Chances created (incl. assists) 16

I had also read that article earlier today and while I thought it was a good read, I hated the following remark:

It should be noted when comparing the two that Aguero has played 436 fewer minutes than Costa, yet still has had more shots. Indeed the Argentinian scores more frequently, finding the net every 83 minutes, compared with Costa's 94.

If they can make that note, saying that Kun has been playing less minutes and thus has a higher goalscoring rate, I feel they should also point out that Aguero is City's penalty taker while Costa isn't ours. Should Kun not be their penalty taker, he'd have 13 goals instead of 15, opposed to Costa's 17. He actually has a lower minutes per open play goal than Costa. But I haven't seen a lot of people pointing that out

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Ideally wish we could keep his minutes short in this one, I can see him getting sent off, but that's clearly not an option for us anymore.

[Barbara 15,149]

I had also read that article earlier today and while I thought it was a good read, I hated the following remark:

If they can make that note, saying that Kun has been playing less minutes and thus has a higher goalscoring rate, I feel they should also point out that Aguero is City's penalty taker while Costa isn't ours. Should Kun not be their penalty taker, he'd have 13 goals instead of 15, opposed to Costa's 17. He actually has a lower minutes per open play goal than Costa. But I haven't seen a lot of people pointing that out

The only good thing about the article is the summarized stats. The guy claimed Diego is an aerial threat... lol

Your point is great though. Diego scores more than Kun although I believe Kun is the best goalscorer in general. What detracts from Aguero is his injuries. He spends a lot of time recovering off the pitch, but also a few matches recovering form. Not worthy if you don't have good replacements imo

[DH1988 1,194]

Match ban inc, thankfully not before Saturday

Oh that temper of his.. I love and 'dislike' it.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Squaring up to Gerrard the nations darling, part of me wanted him to deck him, the other part of me wanted him to kick him in the balls... haha!

WARRIOR OF A PLAYER! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGO!!!

[hamad138 190]

He is going to get banned, but not this weekend.

Heheheheheh

[yuvala 2,167]

I dont really like what he did.

I like it when he gets other players annoyed but it was a little too much for me today..

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

Surprised he's not been sent off yet