Arsenal defender, Rob Holding, has revealed that he wound Diego Costa up during this year’s FA Cup final, by calling him a “nutter”.
Holding famously got under the skin of the controversial Chelsea front man, as they secured a 2-1 victory at Wembley in May.
Both players clashed throughout the game, with the pair continually exchanging words.
When asked what he said to Costa at an Arsenal Q&A event, Holding said: “An expletive, then I just called him a nutter bascially.
“Something’s not right in his head I don’t think.
“I knew what he was going to play like, I knew he was going to try the mind games and try and throw me off my game, so I just didn’t rise to it and got back into position.
“I think he sort of tapped my chest so I think there was a little bit of respect there maybe, so he was alright.”
