Brendan Rodgers accuses Diego Costa of 'double stamp'
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Updated 28/01/2015 at 11:46 GMT
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has slammed Chelsea striker Diego Costa's actions during the League Cup semi-final, accusing him of a double stamp.
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Costa was involved in three of the game's main talking points - stamps on Emre Can and Martin Skrtel, and a Chelsea penalty appeal when tripped by Skrtel.
Costa could face retrospective punishment from the Football Association for the stamps, particularly the one on Can which came in front of the dugouts.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers said: He [Costa] is an outstanding player – he obviously has this edge to him. We see the TV incidents, the two that he had.
"The one with Emre Can, that was poor, I felt. He could easily hurdle over the young player but he directs his studs right on to his ankle, which could have been nasty.
"And the one with Martin Skrtel – again, there’s no need to do it.
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Diego Costa, pictured clashing with Steven Gerrard, was never far away from the action in an ill-tempered clash
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"That’s the sad thing. He’s a top-class player and he’s clever enough that the officials don’t see it.
"But it’s poor by him because he’s an outstanding player and he doesn’t need to do it.”
Rodgers admitted that he was surprised to see Costa's actions went unpunished during the game, claiming that referee Michael Oliver and his officials mustn't have seen the two separate incidents.
They clearly didn’t [see],” Rodgers added. “Should he have had a red card? That’s up to the officials. It certainly would have been. It wasn’t good for the game.
"The referee didn’t see it. It’s not my job to tell him. It’s disappointing when you see such a good player behave like that.”
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