Kurt Zouma reached for the oldest excuse in the book over his Diego Costa ‘cheat’ comments

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. https://youtu.be/TVVJUyka9i4 But once his comments were picked up on social media, Zouma was quick to engage reverse gear, dragging out that old chestnut of excuses... https://twitter.com/KurtZouma/status/645980459340550144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/KurtZouma/status/645980608284508160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw