Emre Can was rated as Liverpool’s best player in his sides 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League.

Can who joined Liverpool this summer from Leverkusen, received a rating of 7.53 from WhoScored.

The 20-year-old midfielder was a surprise inclusion in the starting XI and he repaid his managers faith with a goal in the ninth minute of the game.

Can made two successful tackles and a block in defence while scoring a goal and completing two successful key passes in offence.

The Germany U21 international who had a pass accuracy of 85.7% was taken off in the 69th minute for Fabio Borini.

Can who moved to Liverpool in a £9.75m deal from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer has missed much of the early part of the season with injury.

The powerful midfielder recently recovered from an injury which had ruled him out for six weeks.