Benoit Badiashile is happy with his first weeks at Chelsea.

The former AS Monaco centre-back has looked calm and assured in possession and he has also used his 6ft 4ins frame to his advantage and dominated in the air. The 21-year-old has expressed his delight with the decision to make the switch to England.

"I am a new signing and still discovering but you have to give your all to be a success here," Badiashile explained. "I am very happy to be here, the level is elevated. The Premier League is the best league in the world.

"Now we have to at least believe we can [reach top four]. If we pull it off? I don't know. But Chelsea are a big club and the targets have to be lofty. At every big club there are moments when the going gets tough, but I am persuaded with the big project the club has in place, we can do huge things."

Badiashile was particularly impressive last week as Chelsea kept their second clean sheet in two games with the Frenchman at the back. Liverpool failed to get behind Badiashile and Silva, who were both faultless in the draw at Anfield, but the defender was not satisfied.

"I was very happy as globally it was a good performance," he said. "Despite having spells when we suffered, we remained tight knit which allowed us to come away with a point. But the whole team had hoped to win."