diego costa is never short of controversy and sunday was no different as he played a prominent role in chelsea's 2 0 win against tottenham in the capital one cup final the 26 year old clashed with tottenham trio eric dier, nabil bentaleb and kyle walker in the first half of the game, as he got stuck into mauricio pochettino's men here, sportsmail looks at diego costa's main moments from the wembley showdown 7min: it didn't take long for costa to pick his first personal fight of the afternoon the striker loses possession after seeing the ball whipped from him by eric dier's sliding challenge   with the chelsea man in no uncertain terms letting the spurs defender know what he thought of the challenge diego costa (right) feels the full force of a crunching challenge from tottenham defender eric dier (left) the 26 year old reacts angrily to the challenge from the spurs youngster in the opening stages of the game  the chelsea striker (second left) and nabil bentaleb (right) have to be separated by referee anthony taylor  29min: moving on from dier, costa then upsets nabil bentaleb, raking his hand down the face of the algerian while blind to the spurs midfielder play is waved on despite the duo tussling right in front of referee anthony taylor 29min: walker and costa are then caught at loggerheads moments later as they have their own falling out following a duel for possession bentaleb (right) hits out at costa, while the chelsea man looks on undeterred (middle) walker (right) reacts furiously to costa (left) after the chelsea striker winds the spurs defender up  chelsea's main man picked up a coin that was thrown on to the pitch in the first half   tucking it into his shorts every little helps after all 31min: costa sure does know how to wind spurs up   that's for sure dier   who earlier in the match he clashed with   receives a booking after the chelsea man goes down under a sliding challenge from him spurs players and dier alike, are furious with the decision 45min: dier is lucky to remain on the field after another exchange with costa, with the latter rolling around in perceived agony following a kick from the 21 year old the combative striker picks up a coin that found its way on the pitch during the first half  chelsea's main man pockets the coin as he tucks it into his shorts shortly after  dier (second left) can't believe his eyes after being yellow carded for a challenge on costa (far right) 56min: he's never one to stay out of the headlines and today has been no different costa's deflected effort   which goes down as a walker own goal   looks to all but have secured the capital one cup for chelsea after linking up well with cesc fabregas   a familiar scenario for blues supporters who have watched their side throughout this season 93min: costa is replaced in stoppage time by veteran striker and chelsea's wembley hero many a time over the years   didier drogba the striker is given a rousing applause by the chelsea faithful with cries of 'diego' echoing around wembley a job well done in his first cup final for the west londoners the chelsea striker fires a fierce left footed drive from a tight angle on goal   which deflects off walker  the spaniard celebrates after he celebrates walker's own goal   which came as a result of his strike  costa (left) celebrates capital one cup success with captain john terry (right) after the match 
chelsea tottenham the capital one cup sunday john terry kyle walker diego costa wembley eric dier nabil bentaleb the first half 26 year old first this season
chelsea beat tottenham 2 0 to win the capital one cup on sunday . goals from john terry and kyle walker (og) were enough for the blues . diego costa was heavily influential in his side's wembley win . he clashed with eric dier, nabil bentaleb and kyle walker in the first half . the 26 year old had the last laugh though as chelsea won the first competitive piece of silverware available this season 