Chelsea's Jose Mourinho insists hot-shot striker Diego Costa would 'be nothing' without the team around him.
Chelsea are unbeaten in all 18 matches this season and are
seven-points clear at the top of the Premier League with Spain striker
Costa having scored 11 goals since his transfer from Atletico Madrid.
But Mourinho balked when asked if Costa is the best striker he has ever worked with.
"Without
the team he has behind him, Diego is nothing," said Mounrinho, who is
bidding to become the first manager to win the Champions League with
three different clubs.
"He is scoring goals and playing well, but the team is producing a lot."
Mourinho
says players like goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who is back from a loan
spell at Atletico Madrid, plus Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona and the
return of Didier Drogba from Galatasaray have strengthened the team.
"It's
not fair to talk about an individuual player when the team is playing
well behind him, but players like him are improving the team."
"Those like Thibaut and Fabregas, who are also doing well."
Chelsea
have set a new club record of 12 league matches unbeaten this season
and it is all down purely to hard work, says Mourinho.
"The
players are playing very well in every competition, we are getting good
results, but nothing has come for free or from luck," said the
self-styled 'Special One'.
