Diego Costa has revealed that Didier Drogba is the inspiration behind his success at Chelsea. Despite a poor second season, Costa is on course to win his second Premier League title in three years at Stamford Bridge and top the goalscoring charts.

Costa has scored 51 goals in 103 appearances since joining Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in 2014 and has credited Drogba with having a major impact on his good form.

Drogba was part of the squad that won the Premier League title during Costa’s first season at Stamford Bridge, but the Spain international was a big fan of the Ivorian long before playing with him.

“I have always seen Drogba as the example to follow in terms of a centre-forward,” said Costa. “He was strong and scored loads of goals and he was a quality player.