Sterling had a goal disallowed and another effort deflected just wide on his debut at Goodison Park. He then missed one good chance in each of the Tottenham and Leeds games, but he didn’t have to wait much longer to get off the mark in Chelsea blue, scoring twice in a devastating spell at the start of the second half on Saturday.

The first was a dipping strike from the edge of the box, the second a predatory close-range finish that has been his trademark for many years, and Tuchel felt he didn’t let a slow start, nor our early red card, limit his ability to find the net.

‘Everybody is waiting for the goals, he is waiting for the goals, he is here to score and he is never shy to say it and take this responsibility,’ said the boss.

‘It’s on us to give him the opportunities, but there is not one percent of doubt to do it because he has done it for years and years in this league. He is mobile, he is dangerous, he breaks the lines.

‘He struggled a little bit with his confidence and his dribbling [against Leicester], you could see it, then we were one man down and it was not obvious he would get chances to score, but he got three of them and scored twice. It was super important not only for us, but also for him individually.’