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Arsenal Star Reveals Reveals He Would Have Hit Chelsea’s Out of Form Player

Diego Costa Gabriel Paulista
Diego Costa Gabriel Paulista

Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny has said that he would have hit Diego Costa, but kept calm during Arsenal’s game against Chelsea earlier this season that saw Costa slapping the Frenchman and had a spat with Gabriel Paulista that saw the Brazilian defender eventually getting sent off . Later Costa was punihed by the FA for his actions.

While speaking to French newspaper L’Equipe about the situation, the Arsenal defender said “At the time, when he gives me a slap on the face, I don’t pay attention. We’re in a defensive situation and I continue to play. After he pushes me, I fall and get up because I’m not the type of player who drops down like that. Sure, I could have had a reaction, but I managed to keep my nerves… He wants to blow a fuse defender, but you have to stay calm.”

The Arsenal defender did stay calm, which impressed his friends, judging by the messages Koscielny got after the match “I received a lot of messages telling me: “Well done, because I, I would have hit him. You know, it’s five years that I’ve been at Arsenal, I have over two hundred matches with my team, some very important, I played a World Cup, the Euros… all this experience helps my serenity and allows me to not be overwhelmed by the emotions of an encounter.”