John Obi Mikel believes Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa's scintillating
early-season form can be put down to a desire to prove his critics
wrong following a disappointing 2015-16 campaign.
Costa is the current joint-top goalscorer in the Premier League ahead
of the Blues' match with Liverpool on Friday after scoring four goals
in as many league matches under Antonio Conte.
The Spain international is already just eight goals behind his league
tally in what proved to be a difficult campaign for the striker last
season.
And Mikel reckons Costa is out to silence any doubters he picked up
during his struggles by proving his class under Conte this term.
“I definitely think he can get even better," Mikel told
Goal. “He can score more goals, he can help the team even more, but Diego is a player that likes to find and doesn’t give up.
“He knows that everyone had a bad season last year so I think this
season he is trying to prove people wrong and he has started well and
hopefully he will have a very good season.”