Diego Costa has stressed his argument with Antonio Conte on the training ground in January was "nothing".

Costa was dropped from Conte's squad to face Leicester City following the incident, which happened two days after a lucrative approach from Tianjin Quanjian. Costa quickly was brought back into the fold and scored in his return the following weekend.

"It was nothing," Costa told ESPN Brasil when asked about the row after he had scored in Chelsea's 2-1 win at West Ham on Monday.

"People here [in England] make up a lot of stuff. Things happen, but I'm showing now that there's nothing to it.

"I'm playing and scoring goals, and that's the important thing. Everyone knows that anything I say has bigger repercussions than what it was.

"The manager is someone who works us really hard in training. He's got his personality just like I've got mine and others have theirs, but the important thing is to show your personality in a way that benefits the team.

"This is what's happening. Everyone is on the same page and that's the way we have to go."