Chelsea manager José Mourinho feels Diego Costa gets unfair treatment from referees and opponents

  Mourinho believes that Costa’s reputation precedes him, and also says that officials must do more to protect him from opposition players. He feels that Costa receives unfair treatment from both referees and opponents, but says that Chelsea can do nothing about it. Costa was on the receiving end of an errant elbow from midfielder […]
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2015-08-24 15:36:00

 

Mourinho believes that Costa’s reputation precedes him, and also says that officials must do more to protect him from opposition players.
He feels that Costa receives unfair treatment from both referees and opponents, but says that Chelsea can do nothing about it. Costa was on the receiving end of an errant elbow from midfielder Fernandinho last weekend against Manchester City and Mourinho claimed after the game that the Brazilian should have been dismissed for the challenge. He was quoted in GOAL: “I can guarantee you, if Diego Costa does that, it’s a red card. And if not a red card, there will be video footage and suspension. I can guarantee that. We are speaking about reputation, but what I see, game after game, is more of the same. It’s Diego doing his job and no more than that. Enough time has passed to forget his reputation; tell me when was the last time something happened? I don’t think he’s too physical.”
Mourinho believes that opposition players have started to target Costa in a bid to provoke a reaction, and says that he can do nothing to prevent it. He continued: “But what can you do? The referees, they have the power to analyze and to decide. We can do nothing. We are told to behave in the technical area, not to complain, not to make gestures, not to have contact with other assistants outside the bench watching television telling us, ‘This is a red, this is not a red’, or, ‘This is a penalty, this is not a penalty’. We were told that, and we are doing that.”

Mourinho believes that Costa’s reputation precedes him, and also says that officials must do more to protect him from opposition players.

He feels that Costa receives unfair treatment from both referees and opponents, but says that Chelsea can do nothing about it. Costa was on the receiving end of an errant elbow from midfielder Fernandinho last weekend against Manchester City and Mourinho claimed after the game that the Brazilian should have been dismissed for the challenge. He was quoted in GOAL: “I can guarantee you, if Diego Costa does that, it’s a red card. And if not a red card, there will be video footage and suspension. I can guarantee that. We are speaking about reputation, but what I see, game after game, is more of the same. It’s Diego doing his job and no more than that. Enough time has passed to forget his reputation; tell me when was the last time something happened? I don’t think he’s too physical.”

Mourinho believes that opposition players have started to target Costa in a bid to provoke a reaction, and says that he can do nothing to prevent it. He continued: “But what can you do? The referees, they have the power to analyze and to decide. We can do nothing. We are told to behave in the technical area, not to complain, not to make gestures, not to have contact with other assistants outside the bench watching television telling us, ‘This is a red, this is not a red’, or, ‘This is a penalty, this is not a penalty’. We were told that, and we are doing that.”