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| Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has called upon the FA to ban Diego Costa following 2-0 defeat to Chelsea |
ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger dubbed Chelsea hit man Diego Costa the unacceptable face of football and called upon the FA to ban the Spanish international.
Wenger saw defender Gabriel sent off in a flashpoint with Costa during the 2-0 defeat against the Premier League champions at Stamford Bridge.
The Gunners ended with nine men after also seeing Santi Cazorla dismissed following two yellow cards.
But it was Costa’s street fighting tactics which really wound Wenger up after witnessing Gabriel’s red card tangle with the former Atletico Madrid striker.
Wenger said: “Costa can do what he wants and he stays on while everyone who responds to him has to be sent off.
“I think his behaviour is unacceptable. Look at the pictures and what he does to Laurent Koscielny. He pushes him down and hits him in the face before the throw in. And he always gets away with it. It’s surprising.
I don’t understand referee Mike Dean’s decision at all. Why does Diego Costa stay on the pitch? I accept that Gabriel is sent off, he cannot act like that at all.”
On being asked whether the FA should take retrospective action against Costa he maintained: “That is the least they could do but he will do the same next week and the week after and he always gets away with it. He is always in provocation and he used the naivety of referee Mike Dean well today.
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| Diego Costa's behaviour has been branded as 'unacceptable' by Wenger after clash with Gabriel |
“Whenever Costa is touched he goes down as if he has been killed."
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho who avoided losing three straight league games for the first time in his career told arch enemy Wenger to stop moaning.
He said: “I have played against Arsenal, 12, 15 18 times and only once he didn’t moan. And that day we lost the game, we lost the Cup (Community Shield). It was not good for us. We behaved in a fantastic way, No excuses. Not crying, not moaning. “
Mourinho insisted that playing with emotion wins derby games before revealing he is off to watch New Zealand and Argentina in the rugby union World Cup.
“I played my first derby in September, 2000, Benfica against Porto. And I told my players before the game you need emotional control.” he added.
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| Costa also collided with Laurent Koscielny |
“Without emotional control, forget it. We don’t win. I played derbies in Italy, England Spain and Portugal and every derby you don’t win without emotional control.
“If you want to speak about Diego Costa with me it’s just to say he played like he has to play and that’s why you have full stadiums and you sell to television around the world for millions and millions.
Because the game has to be played like that. That’s why tomorrow I will go to what I consider comparable in terms in dedication and passion, New Zealand and Argentina.
“I go tomorrow because – pumping heart – I love it.”
And Mourinho’s man of the match? “Diego Costa.” he beamed.
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