Diego Costa drew another blank last weekend, which was beyond frustrating for him. Atletico Madrid were playing Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium—a club he has scored 11 times against, more than against any other team in La Liga—but he was left on the bench for kick-off.
It was the second time in three league games that Costa lost his starting place. This is new territory for him—previously Costa only sat out games for Atletico because of injury or suspension, but he is no longer a guaranteed starter.
When his coach, Diego Simeone, summoned him for the second half, Costa was in the thick of the action, but again he failed to register a goal.