Diego Costa will not receive a retrospective ban from the FA after he appeared to kick out at Vincent Kompany.
That’s according to the Mirror, who suggest that referee Mike Dean did see the incident and decided it wasn’t a red card offence.
For Costa to be suspended, Dean would have needed to admit he hadn’t witnessed it.
It’s just the latest in a string of offences by the striker this season.
For a while, it seemed he was doing something to shed his bad-boy reputation, but it’s returned in recent months.
Perhaps it all stems from whether or not he’s happy at the club.
Since he was linked with the Chinese Super League in January, he has lacked consistency in terms of goalscoring and has been involved in several moments like this.
Take a look at the incident in the footage below:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but a) it's a foul b) his studs are showing c) contact is made at knee height and d) Costa's eyes fixated on player pic.twitter.com/iVHxHuoXzY
— Kippax The Kid (@KippaxTheKid) April 5, 2017
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola must have been left wincing having decided to start Kompany for the first time this season.
The Belgian’s notorious injury problems didn’t seem to deter Costa from lashing out, but fortunately, it doesn’t seem to have made too much impact on the centre-back.
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