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Live Coverage: Jose Mourinho's weekly Chelsea press conference

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Follow Sports Mole's live coverage of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's pre-match press conference.

Jose Mourinho confirmed that Diego Costa will return to Chelsea's starting lineup for the team's match against Newcastle United this weekend.

The striker missed their last match after picking up his fifth booking of the season.

The league leaders have no new injury concerns for the trip to St James's Park.

Read what else the manager discussed below:

Good afternoon. We'll be hearing from Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in around 15 minutes ahead of his side's match against Newcastle at St James' Park tomorrow lunchtime.
The Blues are still unbeaten, having cruised to a 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur earlier this week, leaving them six points ahead of Manchester City.
While Diego Costa comes back in after serving his suspension for picking up a fifth booking of the season, the league leaders will now be without Nemanja Matic, as he's suspended too after receiving a yellow card during the win over Spurs earlier this week.
After this match, Chelsea will be in Champions League action against Sporting Lisbon, before Premier League matches against Hull City and Stoke City.
Don't forget, we'll have live coverage from this match from an hour before kickoff, as well as plenty of post-match reaction, player analysis and reaction.
Right then, the manager is ready to speak, so let's see what he has to say...
Mourinho starts by confirming that there are no fresh injuries in his squad.
On his side's unbeaten record, Mourinho tells reporters: "I'm not looking for the record. I'm looking for points and, if possible at the end of the season, titles. [Passing 400 points as a Premier League manager] is not important for me. The only thing important for me is that I won the league twice."
Newcastle have been something of a bogey team for Chelsea in recent years, to which Mourinho says: There are a few stadiums in this country where, when they see Chelsea shirt, they play game of their lives. Maybe it's because in the last decade Chelsea have become a top team that everyone wants to beat."
As we've already mentioned, Matic is suspended for tomorrow, but Mourinho is dwelling on his absence: "Last week we missed Diego so we didn't speak about Diego. Today we don't speak about Matic."
Mourinho is keeping his answers short today. When asked who will start up front, he simply replies "Diego", while a question about Drogba taking up a coaching role is quickly dismissed with an "I have no idea. I don't know."
Mourinho is asked again about his own achievements. He tells reporters: "The record I want is winning the Premier League three times. That's what I want."
Mourinho famously worked with Bobby Robson early in his career, but Mourinho insists that that won't be on his mind as he takes on Robson's old club: "I've been asked 20 times, I don't have to go up there to think about him."
That's all from Mourinho this week, so make sure you join us again tomorrow to see if Chelsea maintain their unbeaten run. Until then, thanks for joining me this afternoon. Goodbye.

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