Diego Costa

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

All the best, Costa!!!! BIG TIME MATCHUP!!!

[Cosmin 2,484]

Don't raise your expectations too high. All this hype around Costa might make his and our life miserable in the future. As Jose and even Diego himself said, the goals will stop at a certain point. That point may be today. He was great against Leicester, Swansea, Burnley, Everton, but these teams don't really have Kompany, for example. This is a difficult game, the first real test for the team and for Costa in particular.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Well, City defence are currently not that good anyway. Hope he could score one or two to grab the points here, stay injury free and no red card, I'll be happy. 5 goals too much to ask for even Costa

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Why does it matter if he scores or not...whoever does the job and we win; Ill be happy. I prefer 1:0 win with Mikel the scorer than 3:2 defeat with Costa scoring two screamers...

[Barbara 15,149]

Chelsea striker Diego Costa says 'provoke me at your peril' ahead of test against league champions Manchester City

Gotta love Diego for his profile:

Diego Costa has always been a fighter. It is the story of the Chelsea striker’s life. “Well, I don’t like to lose – I think that gets noticed,” Costa says with a knowing smile.

“It’s something that many times goes well but other times goes badly for me. I’m just like that, I just always try to win, to get better, do my best and it always annoys me to lose.”

“Yes, I think anyone in life, everyone in the world, no matter what work they do, they should think of wanting to get on, to win, improve,” Costa says. “I don’t think I am the type of person who thinks: ‘I dunno, things are getting on top of me’. It’s not that I think I’m any different to most people. I always make a big effort, to fight with all my strength, make the best of a situation, and always want to win.”

Everton’s Seamus Coleman did in his club’s 6-3 defeat at home against Chelsea last month with the Merseysiders’ manager, Roberto Martínez, claiming that Costa needed to learn the “ethics” of British football after his aggressive reaction to Coleman later scoring an own goal. “They go looking for it,” is Costa’s emphatic response.

“You’ve got to know how to manage these situations. The truth is I’m fairly relaxed. If they provoke me, I’ll score against them. The reality is, for the moment, that I haven’t had any really physical battles. Things have been going well. So far, I’m enjoying it.”

all those things show and it's easy to understand why Luís thinks this of him:

“He is a simple person with a big heart,” Filipe says of Costa. “He tries to help everybody, his friends and his family, his team‑mates. Sometimes on the field he looks like he is crazy and he fights but outside off the field, he has one of the purest hearts I have ever known in my life. So I am proud to be his friend.”

The Brazilian has not been surprised by Costa’s impact. “I always said before I came,” Filipe says. “I played with Diego five years ago I started playing with him and his growth is huge. Every year he gets better. He is more confident – I have no doubt he will be in the top five in the world for the Ballon d’Or and he deserves it. Maybe some day he will win this trophy.

“He never needed time to adapt in any place. He always goes to a club and scores. He just wants to play the best he can and score goals, so that mentality makes it really easy for him and for the clubs who have him. Not all players are like that.

Some players, especially like me, it is not easy when you get a new club, new team-mates and everything is new – especially the physicality is very different. But for Diego it’s never difficult.

“Everything is easy for him. He always wants to win and if he doesn’t he gets crazy, he gets mad. He’s that sort of person. Jose is also likes this. People with ambition, they always want to win and if they don’t they get mad. They try to get better and these sort of people really have to succeed in life.”

[The_Flash 1,144]

Is he playing today?

[Cholo 428]

Jose will rest him for Swansea.

Bolton

[meetdoscar 335]

Clearly the man of the match for us. Fought like a lion and gave us the advantage by sending zabaleta off. Its a pity his shot hit the post. He along with azpilicueta where the real positives for me over 90 minutes in a game we should have won at the end. Matic worked hard, hazard assisted and schurrle scored but we should have won our attitude against ten men was rotten.

[Jase 43,479]

Already on 3 yellow cards and he probably didn't even deserve any of them...

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

He is class even when he doesn't score. His off the ball game is phenomenal, never drifts out of the game, always helping the defence and attacking spaces. Modern day striker and a true warrior, shame he is already on three yellow cards.

It was a foul at Zabaleta, no doubt about it, but I'm sure Mike Dean would not have shown the yellow card if it wasn't for Diego Costa's reaction. Keep it going mate, you are doing us proud.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Unlucky.

[OneMoSalah 8,799]

Love this guy, embodies everything I feel Chelsea FC is about. Winner, passionate, hard working and a bullish fighting spirit. Always has an influence, no goals today but he said himself he won't score every game. 32M is a snip.

[The Chels 2,502]

Lol at the commentators and pundits saying Costa was bullied by City. He played as a lone striker against 2 CBs - how did Aguero and Dzeko fare?

[Nike 373]

Mangala and Kompany played well vs Costa....

Costa is going to get sent off in the future, you can feel it happening. Hopefully, it wont be a big game..

[Bluelsthecolour 61]

Were in Kompany and Mangalas pocket for the most of the match.

Still got a City player sent off, hit the post and almost got a touch on that Ivanovic header that wouldve resulted in a goal; I forgot that he was heavily involved in Schurrles goal to - i like that!

[mikeholiday 209]

Somebody should really tell Diego to calm the f*ck down.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

From the match yesterday, I finally could understand what Luis said about him. Costa born to be a winner, and eager to score and win in every match he played. You guys see what did he do after being sub? Sitting impatienly, with a gesture and expression want to kill somebody. I like that. Play him vs Villa, I can guarantee you he will scores.

[mikeholiday 209]

^ Really love him. But he should really try his best not to put his hands on opposing players. Good thing Zabaleta didnt flop like a lit b*tch when Diego appeared to have his hands on Pablo's neck.