Diego Costa injury worry revealed as Wolves sweat on striker fitness
Wolverhampton Wanderers news from BirminghamLive as Diego Costa scores his first goal for the club before going off injured
Wolverhampton Wanderers will have to assess Diego Costa after the striker suffered a knee injury during the victory over Brentford.
Costa scored his first goal for the club and first in English football for six years to help Wolves beat Brentford 2-0 at Molineux on Saturday. However, the former Chelsea front man was later forced out of the action due to a knee problem.
“He had a big knock in the first half," Wolves head coach Julen Lopetegui revealed after the match. "He started the second half but we were alert about him. After 15 minutes he told me he couldn’t continue. We have to assess him.”
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Costa opened the scoring in the 27th minute and was replaced by Joao Moutinho with 73 minutes minutes on the clock. That was shortly after substitute Hwang Hee-Chan had doubled the home side's lead.
The result lifted Wolves seven points clear of the relegation zone with seven games left, having won successive top flight games for only the second time this season.
Costa joined Wolves on a free transfer in September, under former manager Bruno Lage, as an emergency signing following Sasa Kalajdzic’s season-ending knee injury. He had not played for nine months before moving to Molineux and Lopetegui praised his character.
He said: “He has a big heart. He is a very competitive player, in the bad moments he continued working because he has his spirit. You can’t buy this spirit. That’s why he’s made the career he’s had.
"We are happy for him, he has to continue working. He has made a very good match and when he came here, he came with the intention to help the team, the club and the coach.
“He deserves that goal, he is working hard to have his chance. He came here in a bad moment (for Wolves) and he has always put in his best. I hope he is going to continue."
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