Thanks Liverpool, looks like Costa will miss our game because of his stamp on Can.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/28/diego-costa-charged-stamp-chelsea-liverpool
Diego Costa is set to miss Saturday’s critical Premier League collision with the champions, Manchester City, after the Football Association charged the Chelsea striker with violent conduct for his behaviour during Tuesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg victory over Liverpool.
The Spain international has been sanctioned after the FA’s governance department reviewed video footage of two incidents from the hosts’ 1-0 extra-time win. They deemed that he had been guilty of a stamp on Liverpool’s Emre Can 12 minutes into the tie, an offence that went unnoticed by the referee, Michael Oliver, and his assistants despite occurring on the touchline right in front of the home dugout.
A second alleged stamp, on Martin Skrtel after the interval, was deemed to have been accidental and did not prompt sanction though the three-game ban associated with the first offence would see Costa ruled out against City, the visit to Aston Villa on 7 February and the midweek game against Everton four days later. The player has until 6pm to respond to the charge and is expected to lodge an appeal with an independent FA commission then to sit to hear the evidence under the governing body’s fast-track system.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/28/diego-costa-charged-stamp-chelsea-liverpool
Diego Costa is set to miss Saturday’s critical Premier League collision with the champions, Manchester City, after the Football Association charged the Chelsea striker with violent conduct for his behaviour during Tuesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg victory over Liverpool.
The Spain international has been sanctioned after the FA’s governance department reviewed video footage of two incidents from the hosts’ 1-0 extra-time win. They deemed that he had been guilty of a stamp on Liverpool’s Emre Can 12 minutes into the tie, an offence that went unnoticed by the referee, Michael Oliver, and his assistants despite occurring on the touchline right in front of the home dugout.
A second alleged stamp, on Martin Skrtel after the interval, was deemed to have been accidental and did not prompt sanction though the three-game ban associated with the first offence would see Costa ruled out against City, the visit to Aston Villa on 7 February and the midweek game against Everton four days later. The player has until 6pm to respond to the charge and is expected to lodge an appeal with an independent FA commission then to sit to hear the evidence under the governing body’s fast-track system.
