Diego Costa is set to face no further action from the Football Association for his tackle on Vincent Kompany in Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City.
In the second half at Stamford Bridge, Costa fell to the ground in a challenge with the City captain, but as he was on the floor, the Chelsea striker pushed his studs into the Belgian’s thigh.
Referee Mike Dean saw the incident at the time and awarded a free-kick to City, but did not punish Costa with a yellow or red card.
Under FA ruling, incidents are not allowed to be re-evaluated, meaning that Costa is in line to face Bournemouth on Saturday.
‘We’ve heard about possible retrospective action, I don’t think any action will be taken,’ former Premier League referee Howard Webb told BT Sport.
‘Mike Dean is in a good position, he sees the situation and penalises Costa.
‘There’s no other foul apart from this action by Costa than to put his foot in to stop him.
‘If there was a foul before that and this happened afterwards, then maybe the FA might want to look at it as an act as violent conduct.
‘But because this is the foul that Mike Dean penalises, then he’s seen it, he’s made a judgement on it, and the FA don’t re- referee situations when the referee has seen it.
‘Is it violent conduct? It’s a subjective call, he puts his foot but doesn’t follow through, I think it’s worth a yellow card
but falls short of violent conduct.’
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