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Chelsea striker Remy happy to battle Diego Costa for place

Chelsea striker Loic Remy is happy to battle Diego Costa for a place in Jose Mourinho's first team.

Costa's prolific form has limited Remy to only three starts since his summer move from Queen's Park Rangers.

"For me, I have more motivation like that because I know I have to work more than the other players to have a chance to play," said the 27-year-old France international. "That's why I work hard every day at training to show the manager that I can play and score.

"When I came to Chelsea, I knew there was a team, so I couldn't come and play straight away. So I was waiting. This kind of situation can happen when someone is injured and you take his place. I was happy to score.

"Every game I play I want to score but I don't put stupid pressure on myself. I just want to give my best every game. Even if I am not scoring I want to give assist or help the team as much as possible with my runs.

"I don't put pressure but I know I have to score because Diego is a good striker and scoring a lot of goals so if I can help the team I do it.

"I think we can win the Champions League, but we will take game after game. We have enough quality to win it but the way is long and taking it game by game is better."

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