LONDON - Chelsea striker Diego Costa will miss Saturdays crucial English Premier League game against title rival Manchester Cit

LONDON - Chelsea striker Diego Costa will miss Saturdays crucial English Premier League game against title rival Manchester City after being handed a three-match ban for stamping on an opponents leg. Sam Crawford Jersey .The Spain international contested the English Football Associations decision to charge him with violent conduct for treading on the right ankle of Liverpools Emre Can during the second leg of the League Cup semifinal on Tuesday.The FAs independent commission upheld the charge on Friday and Costa, the Premier Leagues top scorer, will be suspended for Chelseas next three league games — starting with the visit of second-place City to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea will pull eight points clear of City with a win.Costa will also miss an away game at Aston Villa and a home match against Everton. His next game is likely to be the Champions League last-16 first leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Feb. 17.The incident involving Costa and Can wasnt seen by match officials but was caught on video. A charge followed as part of the FAs fast-tracked procedures.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Costas movement toward Can was absolutely accidental, saying his player puts his foot there when hes looking to the ball.Mourinho, who was fined this week for saying there was a campaign against his side, cancelled his regular pre-match media conference on Friday.The absence of Costa, who has 17 league goals in his debut year at Stamford Bridge, is a huge loss for Chelsea, with the striker adding a cutting edge that was lacking in the team last season.However, his physical and often confrontational approach has got him in trouble this season, earning him 10 yellow cards — two for Spain and eight for Chelsea.He is a great player, a very important player. He is not an easy character, City manager Manuel Pellegrini said. But I hope, for him, this punishment ... will be good for him to change a little bit in the future.He doesnt need to do it that way because he is very good player, a top player.Mourinho will likely start veteran striker Didier Drogba up front against City. Loic Remy is another option as the lone striker. Leo Durocher Jersey . Niese pitched seven steady innings on a rainy Tuesday night and Daniel Murphy had three hits to lead New York to a 6-1 victory over the Phillies. Reds Jerseys 2020 .C. -- Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith has been ruled out for Sundays game against the Atlanta Falcons. https://www.cheapredsjerseys.us/1625s-leo-cardenas-jersey-reds.html . LOUIS -- When Braves second baseman Tyler Pastornicky backpedaled into shallow right field to catch the popup and Jason Heyward didnt arrive fast enough to take charge, Kolten Wong got the green light.Mercedes have confirmed they will not impose team orders on Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton despite their collision in Austria. But both drivers have been warned the team will not accept a repeat and Mercedes have reinforced their rules of engagement to include much greater deterrents to contact between our cars.But if those deterrents - the nature of which Mercedes have not divulged - are not respected, the team have stressed they may issue team orders. Read all about it: Mercedes statement in fullIf the drivers do not honour the revised rules of engagement we may impose team orders as a solution of last resort, a statement declared. Their destiny is in their own hands. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide on the last lap of the Austrian GP giving Hamilton the lead and Rosberg a broken wing Hamilton and Rosberg have also been told by Mercedes the team may issue instructions during the race to protect against a potential loss of Constructors points, such as we did at this years Monaco GP when Nico was instructed to let Lewis pass.Were still able to race which is a positive and great for the fans, said Hamilton. Everyone should be excited by that.The destiny has always been in our hands. Nothing has changed there.Mercedes management met with Hamilton and Rosberg at the teams Brackley factory on Thursday morning ahead of this weekends British GP at Silverstone. Lewis Hamilton didnt seem overly worried about the greater deterrents Mercedes have issued to him and Nico Rosberg after they made contact in the Austrian GP. Chico Ruiz Jersey. Our drivers were informed that they remain free to race for the World Championship, said Mercedes. But Rosberg and Hamilton have been warned this freedom comes with a duty for our drivers to respect the values of the team.When is the British GP on Sky Sports and how can you watch?The Mercedes team-mates collided on the final lap of last Sundays Austrian GP, with Hamilton going on to win the race as Rosberg dropped to fourth with a broken wing.Stewards found Rosberg at fault for the accident and handed the championship leader a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points on his race licence.It was the third time in five races that the pair had made contact and a seething team boss Toto Wolff warned the team would consider introducing team orders at certain stages of races to avoid repeat clashes. Get Sky Sports F1 Every session and every race live in 2016 Also See: Lauda retracts Lewis comments The Formula 1 Gossip Column When is the British GP on Sky? Get a NOW TV weekend pass ' ' '