Striker Diego Costa
has been given an additional one-match ban, fined £20,000 and warned
over his future conduct after admitting a charge .
The striker was sent off for the first time in his Chelsea
career in the FA Cup quarter-final loss at Goodison Park and given an
automatic two-match ban, ruling him out of the draw with West Ham and
Saturday's Premier League clash with Aston Villa.
Now Costa, who had no case to answer over suggestions he bit
Everton midfielder Gareth Barry or made an inappropriate gesture to
Everton fans, will also miss the April 9 match at Swansea.
An FA statement read: "Following an independent regulatory
commission hearing on Thursday (March 31, 2016), Chelsea's Diego Costa
has been given a one-match suspension, fined £20,000 and warned as to
his future conduct.
"The forward admitted a charge of improper conduct in relation to
his behaviour after he was shown a second yellow card in the FA Cup
sixth-round tie on March 12, 2016 at Goodison Park.
"This suspension will follow immediately on the conclusion of the player's current ban."
Costa's automatic ban was two games as it was considered to be
his second dismissal of the season after he was handed a retrospective
three-match ban for altercations with Arsenal's Laure

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