“Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing on Thursday, Chelsea’s Diego Costa has been given a one-match suspension, fined 20,000 pounds ($28,600 )and warned as to his future conduct,” the ruling body said in a statement.

Costa admitted a charge of improper conduct in relation to his behaviour after he was shown a second yellow card in the FA Cup quarter-final at Goodison Park.

“This suspension will follow immediately on the conclusion of the player’s current ban,” the FA added.

($1 = 0.6997 pounds)

(Reporting by Steve Tongue, editing by Ed Osmond)

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