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Dyche admits Burnley face big test against Diego Costa

Burnley boss Sean Dyche admits his defenders are in for a tough time against Chelsea striker Diego Costa.

Dyche says Costa is a high-class throwback to those days of old.

Dyche said: "He has a toughness to him. He's arguably like how we would imagine an old-fashioned centre forward, in his mentality and the way he goes about it.

"He just mans up. He plays in a manly manner that we were used to growing up.

"I quite like that. I don't think that will ever go out of fashion and he does it very well.

"He doesn't mind the rough and tumble, he accepts it. He might have a moan, but everyone does and he just gets on with it. It is quite refreshing to see someone come in and grip it, and say 'whatever the challenge in front of me as an individual I'm ready to deliver'.

"I've been quite impressed by that, as much as anything because we've seen players who take time to adapt. But he has just come in and embraced whatever it is that is put in his way."

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