Diego Costa has vowed he will never change his ways – unless Jose Mourinho or Chelsea ask him to.
Costa
insists he has no reason to alter his controversial style and that he
did nothing wrong despite being hit with the second retrospective ban of
his Blues career for clashing with Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny.
Breaking his silence on last month's incident at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea star Costa said: “I have 100 per cent support from my manager, from the club and from the Chelsea fans.
“So
other people, other opinions, I don’t care, I’m not really bothered. I
will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my
supporters tell me so.
“No, I don't need to change. Because I
have done nothing wrong. During my football career, many, many times
other players have done stuff to me, like kick me but I am not a cry
baby.
“So I think the supporters saw that was unfair and so the supporters, the manager and the club have given me a lot of support.”
And
striker Costa insisted he has no fears about becoming a marked man
among referees after being punished again for an incident originally
missed by the officials.
He said: “I had never had any problems with officials. None of the
bans that I have had, have been down to problems with officials.
"Sometimes I get booked. But that is part of the game it is just normal. I am just hoping that they see me differently now.
“But I think they are very professional and they will keep going the same way.”
