Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed top
striker Diego Costa is barely training with his
Blues team-mates, yet continues to increase his
Premier League goal tally.
The £32million summer signing netted his eighth
of the season in Saturday’s victory over Aston
Villa at Stamford Bridge, with Brazilian duo Oscar
and Willain also firing home to secure a 3-0 win.
That is despite Costa having a hamstring injury
which limits his involvement in training to, what
Mourinho admits as, "almost nothing".
"He cannot be on top of his game, but even so
scoring a goal is good for his confidence," said
the Portuguese boss.
"He's doing almost nothing in training. He's just
resting and recovering from the tight muscle he
has. Every time he accumulates fatigue.
"But I don't care about Diego's goals. For me it's
important that the team score enough goals to
win
"I know a striker scoring goals is always nice for
him and for his confidence, especially for a player
like him who is not training as he should,
because we are protecting him in certain
situations."
Mourinho believes Costa will only be fully fit if he
is given leave from the Spain squad for next
month's matches with Slovakia and Luxembourg,
with the manager fearing a hamstring tear if his
call is ignored.
"If he doesn't go to the national team and if he
stays here 15 days just on treatment, he has the
perfect chance to be top for Chelsea and top for
the national team," he added.
"If he doesn't have this period, will be always,
plays one game, the other is in trouble, the
muscle is tight, the muscle is danger to rupture."
Chelsea sailed to victory over Paul Lambert's
men, with the result never looking in doubt after
Oscar's seventh minute opener.
"We kept control of the game all the time. Even
when the result was 1-0,” said Mourinho of the
manner of his side’s performance.
"The second and the third goals obviously killed
everything. Overall it was a very good
performance."
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