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21st Sep 2015

Kurt Zouma reached for the oldest excuse in the book over his Diego Costa ‘cheat’ comments

Textbook back-tracking...

Gareth Makim

Here’s Kurt Zouma showing all the recovery powers that have made him so highly rated by Jose Mourinho.

The Chelsea defender got himself into a spot of bother when he admitted that Blues team-mate Diego Costa “likes to cheat a lot” following the club’s 2-0 victory over Arsenal this weekend.

But once his comments were picked up on social media, Zouma was quick to engage reverse gear, dragging out that old chestnut of excuses…