Diego Costa: Chelsea striker: Losing upsets me

Commenting on the ACN, Matip said: “I would say at the moment I will be concentrating on Liverpool”.

The Cameroon worldwide also revealed he is planning to miss out on the Africa Cup of Nations in January in order to focus on settling in at Liverpool. “And when the game finishes, if you win, you go home happy”, Costa told the club’s official magazine.

Costa was among several of the 2015 title winners who struggled as the Blues finished 10th last season, but he told Chelsea’s official magazine earlier this week that he was keen to put the disappointment of recent months behind him.

Matip can not expect Costa to ease off, with the 27-year-old insistent that he repay Chelsea supporters for the patience they showed towards him last season.

Liverpool’s new centre-back, a summer signing from Schalke, will be the latest defender tasked with keeping Costa at bay with the Chelsea striker enjoying an exceptional start to the season.

“I think Costa is a very emotional player, he likes to win and he wants to win”, he added. So you always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

“But I don’t prepare only for Costa”. I have seen a lot of his games. I prepare for the whole team. But you can never prepare for one player out of 11. Maybe he will be my direct adversary and I will study to see how he moves.

So far this season they have been too easy to score against-conceding seven Premier League goals in four games and failing to keep a clean sheet.

It took less than two minutes for Liverpool to fire away their first attempt on target, as Daniel Sturridge picked up the ball on the edge of the box and sent a shot down the middle which squirmed under Thibaut Courtois’ body but not quite over the line.