Liam Rosenior has hailed Moises Caicedo as ‘one of the best defensive midfielders in the world’ ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League match against Manchester City on Sunday.

Caicedo is set to make his 100th Premier League appearance for Chelsea this weekend as City travel to Stamford Bridge.

The Ecuador international, who joined Chelsea in a £115 million deal from Brighton in 2023, has established himself as one of the leading midfielders in the Premier League.

‘For me, he’s one of the best defensive midfield players, if not the best defensive midfield player in world football,’ Rosenior said.

‘Because of his intelligence, his physicality, his technical quality, how he understands the game. He’s going to be huge for us on Sunday.’

Rosenior is also confident that Chelsea can beat City despite registering just one win in their last six Premier League matches.

‘Of course we can, we’re a very good team,’ Rosenior said.

‘We’ve gone through a difficult run, even though in that run we were punished for mistakes, there were good moments.

‘When I actually analysed the games that we’ve had, we’ve caused every team we’ve played against problems but haven’t had the results for that.

‘We need to...