Martin Skrtel and Diego Costa resume rivalry in fiery clash during Liverpool Legends game

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Martin Skrtel and Diego Costa briefly turned a legends match for charity into a personal get-back moment and a reminder of one of the Premier League's most notorious rivalries of the past. One fan wrote, "Diego Costa and Martin Skrtel scrapping like it's 2015." Another added, "The rivalry between Diego Costa and Martin Skrtel is still alive because what am I watching in this charity match," while adding a photo that showed Costa gouge the Slovak's eye during an old Premier League encounter.

A third added, "I know it's a charity match, but I still want Diego Costa to slap Martin Skrtel," while another fan said, "Of course, old habits don't die easily." Eden Hazard, who played in the game, was interviewed at halftime during the match and commented on the incident saying, "this guy is still the same!" The matchup reignited a feud that defined several Liverpool-Chelsea meetings between 2014 and 2016. Their confrontations included Costa's controversial 'double stomp' on Skrtel during the 2015 League Cup semifinal and a separate encounter later that year when Costa appeared to kick Skrtel in the chest.

The stomp incident came after Costa was accused of using his cleat studs to dig into the ankles of Emre Can and Skrtel during a League Cup in which Chelsea won on aggregate. Saturday's legends match featured Chelsea, coached by Roberto Di Matteo, with players like John Terry, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill, Joe Cole, and Costa.