Here’s Kurt Zouma showing all the recovery powers that have made him so highly rated by Jose Mourinho.
The Chelsea defender got himself into a spot of bother when he admitted that Blues team-mate Diego Costa “likes to cheat a lot” following the club’s 2-0 victory over Arsenal this weekend.
It was a win marred for many by Diego Costa’s on-pitch activities, which involved a prominent role in the sending-off of Gunners defender Gabriel Paulista.
Some would describe what the Blues striker did as gamesmanship, while others would go further and label it cheating.
And Zouma, who scored Chelsea’s first goal in their 2-0 win, seemed happy to admit that he fell into the latter category.
Zouma said told BeIN Sports that this sort of activity happens “a lot” and added: “We’re proud to have him, like the other players, and we’re happy to win this game today.”
But once his comments were picked up by the likes of SportsJOE and on social media, Zouma was quick to engage reverse gear, dragging out that old chestnut of excuses –
Sorry for any confusion, English is not my first language & I did not mean to accuse anyone of cheating. Simply to say ….
— Kurt Zouma (@KurtZouma) September 21, 2015
….Diego is a player who puts pressure on his opponents & who I have huge respect for.
— Kurt Zouma (@KurtZouma) September 21, 2015
That might be enough to diffuse his earlier comments, but we still reckon both Jose and Diego might still have a dirty look or two to throw the young Frenchman’s way.
