Chelsea’s Diego Costa: I need to be ‘extra careful’ after stamping ban

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Diego Costa believes his reputation precedes him in English football, provoking greater scrutiny from officials and pundits, and the Spain forward admits he must be “extra careful” in the wake of his recent three-match ban for stamping.

The Brazil-born striker maintains he did not intentionally tread on Liverpool’s Emre Can in the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final, an offence for which he was punished retrospectively by the Football Association. Yet he will go into Sunday’s final against Tottenham Hotspur still experiencing the ramifications of that incident and, while he refuses to change his natural game, he has suggested he has effectively become a target.

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