Chelsea Striker Denies Biting Everton Rival

Chelsea's Diego Costa has insisted that he did not bite Gareth Barry during his team's FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Everton. The Spain international was sent off after being shown a second yellow card following an altercation with the Everton midfielder in which he moved his head towards his opponent and appeared to put his mouth on his neck as though he was going to bite him. "Diego spoke to club officials after the game and expressed regret over his reaction to the challenge from Gareth Barr