Mourinho reluctant to risk Costa

Jose Mourinho will assess how Diego Costa trains today before deciding whether he can play at Manchester United tomorrow, but insisted the forward must be fully ready as Old Trafford is "not a place to protect players".

Costa has missed Chelsea’s last two games due to an ongoing hamstring problem, and then a 24-hour virus, but Mourinho stated yesterday he now has “a little chance” of appearing against United.

“He has to show [today] in the training session he’s capable of doing that,” the Chelsea manager said.