Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has recalled accidentally breaking Diego Costa’s nose in a training session.
The young centre-back – then a teenager – had been invited to join in with the first-team’s training session by then-interim manager Guus Hiddink and ended up inadvertently injuring the club’s star striker when contesting a header.
However, Costa managed to get a protective mask fitted and was able to face Newcastle United in the Blues’ next game, scoring in a 5-1 victory.
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“I was actually still in school and I didn’t know I had done it in training,” Tomori said.