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The Brazilian-born-Spanish striker has gained notoriety as a violent
player and former Manchester United defender Paul McGrath has urged Jose
Mourinho to reign on his antics.
McGrath wrote the Sunday World:
"If I was Jose Mourinho this morning I’d be sitting Diego Costa down and
telling him to mind his manners over the next few months.
"That’s because another
suspension for Chelsea’s brilliant Spanish centre-forward is one of the few
things that could keep the Blues from winning the Premier League title.
"He’s a smashing centre-forward,
a fine footballer and also from the tough physical tradition that I loved
playing against. You know where you stand with Costa, just as I knew what was
going on when up against John Fashanu, Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer or Ian
Dowie.
"They’d give you a slap or an
elbow early on, not designed to injure you, of course, but just a belt that
said ‘I’m here’. And of course you then had free rein to give one back and it
went on from there - a proper physical contest between professionals.
"Costa’s like that too, but it
pains me to say, as a Chelsea fan since boyhood, that the striker went over the
line in the League Cup semi-final."
Costa is currently serving three
match ban for stamping on Liverpool star Emre Can during the League Cup
semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge.
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