Diego Costa displayed his notorious temperament during Chelsea Legends' clash with Liverpool Legends, confronting former adversary Martin Skrtel at Stamford Bridge. What began as a charitable encounter quickly turned heated after Skrtel executed a sliding challenge from behind.

Despite winning the ball cleanly, Costa was incensed and immediately squared up to his opponent. Costa subsequently became the opening player to receive a yellow card, shoving Skrtel to the ground. During the half-time break, Eden Hazard, who gave a brief pitch-side interview, was questioned about Costa's behaviour.

"Of course. He is still the same, we all saw it," Hazard observed.

Back in 2015, Costa escaped sanctions after appearing to tread on Skrtel during Chelsea's 3-1 defeat to Liverpool.

Television replays at the time seemed to capture him lashing out at the former Reds centre-back.

Nevertheless, ex-official Mark Clattenburg, who observed the incident, omitted it from his match report, resulting in no subsequent disciplinary measures.

The fundraising fixture represented the second legends encounter between these clubs this year.

During their earlier March meeting, Liverpool secured a 2-0 victory, with...