Costa got a yellow card for deliberately chest-bumping defender Laurent Koscielny but referee Mike Dean missed him catching the Arsenal defender in the face shortly afterwards.
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“The Chelsea forward was involved in an incident with Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny in the 43rd minute of the game“.
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However, on Tuesday, the FA announced it had accepted Arsenal’s challenge to the decision, which was understood to be based on television evidence showing no actual contact between the players, and withdrawn the three-match suspension. “We will await their written reasons before commenting further”, a statement read on Chelsea’s official website.
If I bring examples and go deep and bring feelings into the discussion a big suspension will be waiting and I don’t want that. “That’s part of it”.
The Blues manager watched his side cruise to a 4-1 Capital One Cup victory over Walsall tonight to set up a fourth round tie with Stoke City next month.
Stoke manager Mark Hughes has also commented on the situation who said he is left “scratching his head” by the FA’s decision to overturn Gabriel’s ban. Imagine if we go to Walsall without any one of our most important players – even if they won I don’t think the feeling would be the same.
The FA have also charged Gabriel with improper conduct for failing to leave the pitch in a timely fashion after being sent off, and both clubs with failing to control their players.
‘In the FA Cup last season, we lost against a League One club [Bradford], which can happen.
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Chelsea have suffered a massive blow after their star striker Diego Costa is suspended for three matches by the Football Association.
