Costa hasn’t scored in his last three league games, his longest dry spell of the season.
Blues defender Gary Cahill says it’s the entire team that has to bear the blame for Diego Costa’s dry spell in front of goal.
The Centre-back believes that Diego needs to be supported better.
“The lack of goals did not even cross my mind to be honest, it’s a team thing,” Cahill said at Turf Moor. “I think we could have played a lot better than that and if we had played a lot better, then Diego gets a few more opportunities – it goes hand-in-hand.
“I think we dug in when we had to. It wasn’t the prettiest, it wasn’t a nice sunny afternoon at Stamford Bridge, where we can just zip the ball about. It was tough but we dug in, got the point, we wanted three, but it wasn’t to be. But we have it in our make-up now, don’t lose.”
“In the first half, maybe we could have had opportunities to put the game to bed if we took our chances. If it had gone to two, it would have been a different ball game.
“The way the second half went, taking everything in to account, it was important that we did not lose. And we didn’t, so it was good to have that in our make-up. Let’s see, it might be a huge point for us.
“They were very direct and I am not criticising them for that because I have been on both sides in teams that I have played in. They played to their strengths and thats why it was so difficult.”
“It’s not hard if you want to achieve what we want,” he added. “We have done so much hard work this season, to get us in this position, to almost to see the finish line. With 13 games now, it’s important that we chalk the games off with the right results.
