Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma says his team-mate Diego Costa is a "real nice guy", although he concedes that the controversial likes to take the law of football into his own hands.

Costa generated plenty of controversy on Saturday in the incident which saw Arsenal defender Gabriel Paulista receive a red card in their Premier League clash, while he also struck Laurent Koscielny.

It's not the first time that the Brazil-born Spain international has hit the headlines for the wrong reasons but Zouma insists that Costa is a nice guy.

"Everyone knows Diego and this guy likes to cheat a lot and put the opponents out of his game, and that happened in the game. He’s a real nice guy in the life and we are very proud to have him," said Zouma.