THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION have handed Chelsea striker Diego Costa a retrospective three-match ban for violent conduct not seen by the officials during Saturdayโs game against Arsenal.
The Brazilian striker was charged for an altercation with Gunners defender Laurent Koscienly during the first-half of Chelseaโs 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
Referee Mike Dean took no action at the time and although Costa denied the charge, the FA have this evening suspended him for three games.
However, Arsenal defender Gabriel โ who was sent-off for kicking out at Costa shortly after โ has escaped punishment after the red card he received was overturned by the FA earlier.
He will now be available to face Tottenham in tomorrow eveningโs Capital One Cup tie.
Arsene Wenger was left infuriated by the decision and Arsenal confirmed on Monday they would be appealing the dismissal.
In a statement released this afternoon, the FA confirmed the appeal had been upheld.
โArsenalโs claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to Gabriel has been upheld following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing,โ it read.
โThe playerโs three-match suspension has, therefore, been withdrawn with immediate effect.โ
The Gunners centre-back had been dismissed for violent conduct after kicking out at Costa at the end of a continued dispute between the two players.
Gabrielโs ban for violent conduct has been lifted but he remains subject of a separate charge for improper conduct, for which the defender has until 6pm on Thursday to reply.
The charge is for not leaving the pitch after being shown the red card.
Wow the FA actually showing a bit of backbone and rescinding a red card! If thereโs any justice Costa will get a ban and Mike Dean get a warning for a shocking performance, playing up to the big game as usual
Costa did get a ban.
My comment was before the ban was announced. Delighted for the tramp
Give Costa the 3 match ban instead! Filthy animal
Costa got a 3 match ban
Just saw that now. Justice!!
costa nearly as bad as philly mc mahon
Nearlyโฆ.. But , nice boys get nice girls nice boys donโt win all Irelandโs
any chance you could show a clip of the incident? never saw it
Youtube.
I never commented that
I got fraped lads
https://youtu.be/o68jQjPCDtU
Should they not remove the charge for failing to leave the pitch seeing as they justified that hos argument at the time was correct?
Feck all this lads! Eva Carneiro just left Chelsea and is looking for a new job
Iโd give her a job.
Or would it be roles reversed if ya get my meaningโฆ.
in fairness though he did commit two yellow card offenses. Costa was a disgrace but Gabriel chose to get involved in the first place
Itโs all a bit late Chelsea get the win and Wenger blames everyone else for Arsenal choking in another big game.
Mourinhoโs next press conference should be interesting.
Why did they charge him them ?
premier league now full of pussies. thought central defenders were meant to e big hard men, not going crying to the media or the fa coz a striker bullied them
The very striker youโre referring to went crying and whinging to the referee at every opportunity
thatโs why Iโm saying theyโre all pussies
also to be fair, I havenโt heard Koscielny or Gabriel say anything to the media. The referee is the one that referred it to the FA.
Mourinhoโs gonna need a doctor. Ohโฆ
Fareplay
I can see the potential for a lengthy ban for Costa here. they could total up every incident as a separate red card offense
Even though heโs a p rick I wouldnโt agree with that. Theyโd have to do it to everyone else if that was the case.
Oh I definitely donโt think it would be fair bit there was a lot that the ref didnโt see and thatโs their specific role
Do you even think about half the bulls hit that comes out your mouth??
to be clear I was referring to the Koscielny incident, the Gabriel incident and the Chambers incident. All of which were not seen properly by the ref. Thatโs the exact requirement for the FA to look into it. I didnโt say I wanted it to be done that way or that it would be fair. Canโt quite see how that got you so riled up.
โBrazilian strikerโ haha nice dig.
to be fair, heโs not Spanish
Mourinho tomorrowโฆโฆ.conspiracy against Chelsea, they are all out to get himโฆโฆโฆblah blah