Chelsea striker Diego Costa says the players enjoy playing for manager Antonio Conte.

The striker fired in his 14th goal of the season against Stoke City on Saturday as they racked up a 13th straight league success to stay six points clear at the top of the table.

"The manager has come, he's applied his ideas, and things are going well," Diego Costa told chelseafc.com.

"The truth is the manager is good with the players, every time making more jokes with the players. That's good for us, to have a manager who is not just a boss, but like a person we can talk with, someone whose support we can count on in difficult moments.

"He is calm with the players and you can see the people love him more all the time."