Diego Costa claimed that he was out of his diet and gained weight. Further, he also admitted to being in a poor physical condition and accepted full responsibility for his poor form.
But the Brazilian also blamed his teammates for the recent showings and claimed that they have been equally poor on the pitch.
“We know we’re not in the form we were supposed to be at the beginning of the season,” he said. “We need to blame the players because we came back from holiday very confident, thinking we could go back into how it was last season, and then realised the team was already in a bad situation.