Jose Mourinho demands Chelsea striker Diego Costa improves

Jose Mourinho demands Chelsea striker Diego Costa improves fitness to get back on the goal trail. Diego Costa has scored twice in his la... thumbnail 1 summary

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Jose Mourinho demands Chelsea
striker Diego Costa improves
fitness to get back on the goal
trail.

Diego Costa has scored twice in his last
seven games for Chelsea
Jose Mourinho believes more goals will
come with improved fitness
Costa fired in seven goals in his first four
Chelsea appearances
Injury then hampered the Spain
international's progress
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has called on
striker Diego Costa to get in shape as he seeks to
end his scoreless run.
The Brazil-born Spain international hit the ground
running after signing from Atletico Madrid in the
summer, scoring seven goals in his first four
Blues appearances.
But he has netted only twice in his last seven,
having been hampered by hamstring problems,
and has been overtaken as the Barclays Premier
League's leading scorer by Sergio Aguero of
Manchester City.
Mourinho's men suffered their first defeat of the
season at Newcastle on Saturday, with Costa
again failing to trouble the scorers.
But Mourinho told several national newspapers:
'For me, the problem is not the goals - they will
come as a consequence of his condition.
'He has to improve his condition. He was injured
and had many doubts because he went a long
time without training.
'Obviously that must have an effect on a player in
the way he runs, the way he moves and in his
co-ordination.
'I don't think there is any problem but he has to
recover.'
It remains to be seen whether Costa will be given
the chance to build his match-sharpness in
Wednesday's Champions League clash with
Sporting Lisbon, with Chelsea having already
qualified for the knock-out stages.