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Diego Costa 'Crimes' an Unfair Reflection of Chelsea Striker's Watford Display

VICARAGE ROAD, WATFORD — Diego Costa has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons again after Chelsea’s goalless draw with Watford on Wednesday.

Only this time, the negativity wasn’t all his doing.

Call it a drab 90 minutes and the need to create talking points, but the focus in the aftermath of Costa’s scuffle with Hornets defender Juan Carlos Paredes seems somewhat contrived.

In the post-match press conference, Guus Hiddink was quizzed on four separate occasions regarding Costa’s antics after he and Parades had partaken in a game of handbags late in the first half.