Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has won great praise from manager Graham Potter.

Potter was delighted with the veteran for their Champions League defeat of AC Milan.

Potter said, "I thought he was outstanding,' Potter continued. 'His reading of the game, his positioning and his organisation of the back-line were fantastic. Aerially he dealt with [Olivier] Giroud, which is not easy, but he competed well with him, and his distribution from the back was really good.

"He's 38 and when he's playing like that he's an impressive person. I've really enjoyed working with him, he's a character and a proper guy with fantastic experience behind him but has a humility to just do the job, which is nice to see."

With the World Cup looming for the Brazil captain, Potter has no doubts about his commitment.

"To be 38 years old competing in the Premier League and Champions League at the highest level, you don't do that by thinking about something that's six weeks away. You get it by being in the moment and taking care of the day, the training session that you're in, the game that you're in.

"How he prepares and recovers, how he rests and focuses on his daily work is why he's so good and why he's going to the World Cup."