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17th Jan 2016

Video: Diego Costa takes his play-acting to world class levels with this laughable behaviour against Everton

Nooruddean Choudry

You’ve got to hand it to Diego Costa – he doesn’t give a f*ck what anyone thinks of him.

He is the ultimate footballing panto villain, and will do anything to gain an unfair advantage for his team. If that means boiling the p*ss of the opposition fans, well that’s just a bonus.

Chelsea v Everton - Premier League : News Photo

The Chelsea man was at it again against Everton on Saturday, as both teams played out a pulsating 3-3 draw.

As well as getting on the scoresheet with the home side’s first goal, the Brazilian/Spaniard produced this absolute peach.

Whilst rolling around on the ground with a supposed injury, the striker realised he was off the pitch and therefore the game would not be stopped for him to receive treatment.

So as bold as brass he stopped his painful protestations, crawled onto the pitch and carried on faking the injury…