While there is no indication that he will leave Chelsea any time soon, the forward refused to rule out a return to Atletico Madrid and cited the example of Filipe Luis, who is enjoying a career renaissance at the Vicente Calderon, in his second stint with the club. “I always wish Atletico the best and always follow them and support them from afar”.
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Diego Costa believes he avoided punishment for his bib-throwing display of petulance because “the dressing room loves me”.
“There are things you need to control, but the bib thing was an impulse”.
“I have to improve”, said Costa, whose most recent goal was on November 21 in the win over Norwich. “If I could choose, I would choose to play them in the final”. Arsenal, Chelsea, Dynamo, Gent and Roma made it through on the last day of group stage play and now the next thing will be putting the draw together and there could be some great matchups this year.
“So it was important to win (against Porto) to make the fans happy and to recover our confidence”. He has tried everything to score a goal and he tries everything to help us to win games.
Arsenal and Chelsea won to get through, with the Gunners winning 3-0 against Olympiakos to advance with three goals from Olivier Giroud. But he played well against Porto and he needs to continue.
The victory ensured Chelsea finished top of Group G so Jose Mourinho’s men will therefore avoid the big-guns in Monday’s draw for the last 16.
The Blues want to translate the vastly improved showing into the Premier League and Costa is keen to play his part after being dropped by Mourinho, with Eden Hazard deployed as a “false nine” against Tottenham and Bournemouth. They are now floundering in 14th place after 15 games, having been crowned champions just over six months ago.
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Luis joined Chelsea at the same time as Costa but returned to Diego Simeone’s side after just one season in West London. “I think against Leicester we have to go there to win”, said Willian.
