Diego Costa admits he was a bit overweight at the start of the season

Chelsea's Diego Costa has admitted that he was a bit overweight at the beginning of the season, which affected his game Jose Mourinho and his team have been under fire for their poor performance this season and Costa has urged his teammates to share the blame for their disappointing start. Read his words after the cut

"I got injured at the end of the season and then I went on holiday. Maybe I got out of my diet and when I came back I was not the way I was supposed to be. I was a little bit overweight. That affected my game. You can be selfish and blame it on the manager but I'm not going to do that. I'm responsible 100 percent and so are the other guys," he is quoted as saying by The Mirror.

The Londoners sit 10 points behind top-of-the-table Manchester City.