Diego Costa

"It is different for every striker who comes here."

"Every striker has their way of playing and their strengths and a different team behind them. That is very important. If you do not have the team behind you then you can’t do things on your own. It all depends on the team. It could be because of that."

"I try to play in the best manner, and ­hopefully things will continue like this. But there will be a moment when I cannot score - that is football."

"The central defenders in England are very strong. But if I have to have a physical battle, then I can fight. If I have to play with quality, I can do that too."

"It's not easy. But things are going well for the team and I am trying to do my best. There are differences to the game in Spain but I am adapting very well. What helps is that there are other new players also adapting."

"The key is the group we have. It is like a family. The squad and all the people around the team are united in our cause. We are working together and things are going very well."

"The coach is well aware of the strengths of the players he has. He designs the style and he plans games to suit his players."

"A striker has to score and I am happy that I have a little place in history with this record. I have to keep working to keep this up."

Shed wrote:Also worth mentioning – in all 3 games thus far he's opened the scoring for us.


So much the kind of thing we were missing last season.

"I don't use the word legend often, some bandy it about with abandon, but in many ways it should be kept sacred, not treated lightly."

"Legends are the likes of Osgood, Zola, Terry, Drogba and Lampard. There are many, but not that many and to enter that pantheon it takes years' worth of quality at the very highest level, so be restrained."

"It can take players years into their time at a club to be considered in that bracket and that is the way it should be."

"Even so, it seems clear to me that our new striker has everything to grab a place in our house for historical heroes. To do so, he has to stay at the club, stay fit and stay hungry, and have long periods of good form."

"It is a lot to ask, but now and again we get a feeling for a player at Stamford Bridge and already he feels like family, indeed he feels like a favoured son. Long may it continue."

Kick wrote:Please Shed, who is overreacting?