Richarlison regularly ensures Watford beat Chelsea duo David Luiz and Willian at football on a PlayStation but tonight he is determined to do it for real on the pitch.

Should he succeed in handing Antonio Conte's side another blow to their top four hopes, Luiz and Willian will strangely have to take some of the credit.

For the Brazil internationals have played a major role in helping Richarlison settle into the Premier League and the English way of life.

The 20-year-old joined from Fluminense for £11.5m in the summer and making the move to another country at such a young age can understandably be rather intimidating.

But this is where Luiz and Willian come in and they have provided great support to their young compatriot.

Speaking to Standard Sport, via an interpreter, Richarlison said: "My family is not here so we get together and are always doing barbecues at Luiz's home. We go on the PlayStation and I play as Watford, they play as Chelsea, and I always beat them!

"We go out to restaurants in London too. I've gone on the London Eye with them, seen Big Ben and things like that. They help me a lot and give lots of advice on how to live here."

Given they both play as attacking wide players, Willian has been of particular use when it comes to taking on Premier League defences.

Richarlison added: "He is always suggesting what type of plays I should try or what I can do better to score. The keepers are very big here and Willian says there is a particular way to score against them.

"He shows me videos, telling me what positions I should take up, how to be intelligent on the pitch, how to move around. It is almost like he is my manager!

"My professional career has only been going for three years and I have to learn from players like Willian and Luiz. People who have played at the World Cup."

In the first few months of the campaign, it didn't look like he needed much more guidance.

By early December, Richarlison had a very respectable five goals and four assists to his name but the Brazil Under-20 international has not been able to add to that tally in the last 10 appearances.

Fatigue has played a part - no surprise given that Richarlison claims he hasn't had a proper break from football for three years.

However, Richarlison has also been the victim of much tougher treatment from the opposition. Last week statistics showed that he has been the most fouled player in the Premier League, but he doesn't bear any grudges.

"If you are playing good you have to expect these things," he said. "Teams study us and they have started to double mark me, sometimes I've had three players to deal with.

"I do feel some pain. My toenails are out of my foot because of all the stamps I have received during games. But it's fine. This is the Premier League and the way they play here."

Perhaps the most agonising blow he's received though was the departure of Marco Silva as manager last month.

Silva was sacked after picking up just one win in 11 matches and Richarlison initially showed his discontent at the decision by posting an angry emoji on his Twitter account.

He explained: "I was asleep in my house and (Watford team-mate) Heurelho Gomes came over, woke me, to tell me the news. I was very sad and I reacted without thinking.

"I owe Marco a lot because he is the one that called me before I came to Watford. I moved here because of him. He helped me every day and was extremely good with me.

"Marco is the person who is the least to blame (for the bad results) but was the one who paid the highest price. The ones on the pitch were the players, not him."

Javi Gracia has been given the task of maintaining Watford's Premier League status, which won't be easy given they're just three points clear of the bottom three.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte will be feeling the pressure for different reasons in the away dug-out this evening as he struggles to secure Chelsea a top-four finish.

And speaking with the kind of confidence that would make mentors Willian and Luiz proud, Richarlison believes Watford can get a much-needed victory at Vicarage Road.

"Chelsea are going to come with everything because they need to win the game," he said. "But we are ready for them.

"Javi is our new manager and we are working hard for him. He is asking everyone to have a great attitude on the pitch.

"Can we stay up? Of course. Everyone saw against Stoke (0-0) that we are starting to play good. We have no doubt that against Chelsea we can play a good game."