Is there anyone more disliked than the Spanish hitman…?
In just three matches against us, Diego Costa has come across so atrociously that he’s earned himself the Elephant Man song.
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In the League Cup semi-final on Tuesday night, not only did he stamp on Emre Can, but he stamped on Martin Skrtel, and then wrestled our captain Steven Gerrard to the ground.
The man will never be able to touch the ball at Anfield again without being roundly jeered.
But he’s not the only one…
Here’s five other opponents who receive similar treatment when in front of the Kop.
5) Marouane Fellaini
Fellaini ticks most of the appropriate boxes… He signed for Everton before transferring to Manchester United, and plays football in such an ugly fashion – limbs flying everywhere – that he always seems only moments away from ending somebody’s career with a brutishly mistimed tackle or an elbow. We’d probably rate him higher if he wasn’t so damn useless, but he is, so we haven’t.
4) El Hadji Diouf
The Senegalese brought embarrassment and scorn on our club when he spat at a Celtic fan back in 2003 during a UEFA Cup tie. He dived, refused to put any effort in, and was frankly; a disgrace to the Liverpool shirt. He’s now contracted to Sabah FA, a team/association in Borneo – and in the unlikely event they ever head to Merseyside, Diouf will receive the abuse he deserves!
3) Patrice Evra
The man at the centre of the Luis Suarez race-row, Evra would make this list on account of everything else, without us even taking that event into account… Not only did the Frenchman have a row with a groundsman while at Man United, but he proved his lack of class on a number of different occasions. He led the boycott of France’s 2010 World Cup side, and celebrated Man United’s 2013 title triumph in spectacularly childish fashion – choosing to mock Suarez with a a fake severed hand, referring to the Branislav Ivanovic bite. He wanted the world to sympathise with him as a victim of racism, but then he went and mocked the offender. How does that work?
2) Didier Drogba
Sadly, no current player has bagged more goals against us than the Ivorian Chelsea hero. The self-obsessed striker’s notched ten times in 28 matches, but it’s not just his goals that make him so detested on the Kop. Never before has such a huge physical specimen been able to look himself in the mirror after feigning pain, diving and damn right cheating so often. No player likes to moan as much as Drogba, who has made an annoying habit of scoring trophy winning goals for the most dislikable side in the country.
1) Wayne Rooney
The Scouse striker, who left bitter rivals Everton to join bitter rivals Man United in 2004, has been a true Liverpool enemy ever since.
“I’m very excited about the game because I grew up as an Everton fan hating Liverpool and that hasn’t changed. We’re in pole position in the title race and we know if we can beat Liverpool it will almost certainly put them out of it. For everyone at United, and especially myself, that would be a great feeling,” Rooney said back in 2009, and we can absolutely assure him that the feeling is mutual.
Luckily, the mono brain-celled forward makes it pretty easy for us to have a go back. Here he is trying to fight himself on Twitter, much to our amusement.