Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has labeled Luis Suarez as the master of the dark arts.

The Blues stopper gave an interview to the club's official website about a range of topics.

One of the questions involved the difficulty of playing against Suarez in the Champions League round of 16 clash last term.

"I don't go into the game saying I'm going to do this or do that," he said.

"It's just in the moment it happens. Like in this incident with Suarez, he pinched me on my leg.

'It's not that I want to play or something like this, because he's also I think a master of the dark side, so you always have to be careful when you play like that because sometimes it goes in your favour and sometimes it doesn't go in yours."