Throwing bib at Jose Mourinho was a mistake, says Chelsea’s Diego Costa

“We say every week Chelsea will win this game, win seven on the trot and be fine, but they did not look like winning against Bournemouth.

You have to judge”, Van Gaal said when questioned if he was still as good a manager as the former Dutch, Spanish and German title victor and Champions League victor once was. Otherwise Chelsea might not be back in the Champions League next season.

The game against the promoted side is a huge one with the likes of Leicester City, Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester City and Liverpool all in the race for the Champions League spots.

Manchester United are fourth and near the top of the league, for me there is no great panic at Manchester United. When you’re a player you can feel it, you can see it. The 10 games I played I thought I played very well apart from [a 5-3 defeat to] Leicester. It’s hard to know. “Last season he would have scored immediately but this season he couldn’t”.

“I believe Basti has experienced so much in his career that he can cope with this easily”, said Draxler. When we won it with Inter in 2010 we were not candidates. But you have to work very hard and I am working very hard and my players are working very hard and doing everything we can do.

“The problem is that we have to meet the expectations and the expectations at a club like Manchester United are very high, and that’s our problem”.

“The start of the season hasn’t been good for me, neither in play or in goals”.

“They need to use their tools to lift them up and we have a lot to fight for, I think”.

Matteo Darmian and Chris Smalling have added to Louis Van Gaal’s woes as they join the list of absentees for Saturday’s visit to Bournemouth.

“He is the manager, it is his philosophy and we have to continue like that”.

Diego Costa believes he avoided punishment for his bib-throwing display of petulance because “the dressing room loves me”. “We are in that process, but when I say that, I know I will face criticism that “football is not a process” and things like that”.

Arsene Wenger’s side had lost in Piraeus on three separate occasions in recent seasons but France striker Giroud gave them a first-half lead and crucially doubled their advantage shortly after the restart following superb play by Joel Campbell.