'Football is a contact sport': Chelsea star speaks out over Arsenal clash and FA ban
Diego Costa is a controversial character
DIEGO COSTA has admitted his actions during the incident versus Arsenal were "not the best" but warned against football becoming a non-contact sport.
 
Costa recently completed his three-match ban following his confrontation with Gunners defender Laurent Koscielny during the feisty clash in September.
The 27-year-old is one of the Premier League's most controversial characters and he believes he has received unfair criticism.
He told the Evening Standard: "The critics have to carry on what they do but they should always be truthful.
"If I do something wrong, I am the first one to accept the criticism, I have no problem with that. 
 
"For example, my behaviour in the game against Arsenal [where he earned his ban for slapping Laurent Koscielny] was not the best, I know that. 
"But it was not just me. There was someone else involved [Gabriel Paulista]. 
"Many, many times I get kicked, I get elbowed — that’s part of football. It happens on the pitch but I never complain.
"Football is a contact sport and people have to understand they can’t change it into theatre.
 
"Football has always been a contact sport, these things have always happened. 
"But we are professionals and what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch. 
"So after the game it’s all good. But if I keep getting banned for three games, it’s going to be hard to maintain my level."
 
'Football is a contact sport': Chelsea star speaks out over Arsenal clash and FA ban
Diego Costa is never far away from trouble
"Football is a contact sport and people have to understand they can’t change it into theatre.
"Football has always been a contact sport, these things have always happened. 
 
'Football is a contact sport': Chelsea star speaks out over Arsenal clash and FA ban
Diego Costa knocks Laurent Koscielny to the ground
"But we are professionals and what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch. 
"So after the game it’s all good. But if I keep getting banned for three games, it’s going to be hard to maintain my level."

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