Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is expecting big performances from Raheem Sterling and Moises Caicedo at Liverpool tonight.

The match marks a return to his old club for Sterling, while Caicedo chose Chelsea over Liverpool when leaving Brighton in August.

On Sterling, Pochettino said: "It's always difficult to be at the top, as one of the best offensive players in the Premier League. He deserves full credit, he's really professional and I think this season he's doing really well for us.

"Now he's improving in his physical condition. When we arrived he struggled a little bit in some points but now he's improving a lot and he's doing really well. We are so happy with him in the way that he's performing. He's helping the team to perform and to win games.

"Maybe he's one of the most consistent players, but I don't want to jinx it. He's consistent and he's always available which is a very good thing for us."

On Caicedo, the manager also stated: "It's not only Chelsea but Liverpool also believed that he can be one of the best midfielders in the future. But after that it's about adaptation. He didn't do a pre-season, he had some problems when he was travelling for international duty, there are so many things which delayed the adaptation to the team and to the club.

"The circumstances maybe delayed it a little bit for him to perform, but I think there's no doubt he has the profile to be one of the best midfielders in the Premier League. He was already showing what he's capable of doing at Brighton.

"If you ask me or any of the coaches here, always we are talking about improving. Always we demand more and more, not only from him but from all the players in the whole squad. He still can improve a lot.

"The last few performances we feel like we are doing well as a team. We are happy in the way that we are working but I think still we are far away from the expectations that we created at the beginning of the season."