Diego Costa was enraged after helping Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0, claiming referees "want to give me a card" after he was denied a first-half penalty.
Costa followed up Kevin Gameiro's opener to keep up Atletico's fine recent form, although a first-half incident was sharp in his focus post-match.
"Some people are crazy about me, you can't change that, they want to give me a card," Costa told beIN Sports.
"The press invents many things about me. It's simply not necessary to lie and invent stories."
"The more we talk about it, the worse it becomes for the referees," he said.
"They then arrive in our matches with the thought of needing to give a penalty, and it consumes them as they read and listen to it all week.
"As such, the more we talk about not getting penalties then the less penalties they will give us."
