Chelsea have sealed a Champions League place after a 3-0 win against Watford yesterday (Sunday) at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues scored three times in the second half to earn all three points, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, David Luiz and Gonzalo Higuain on target for Maurizio Sarri's side.
And the man who broke the deadlock for Chelsea was praise by BBC pundit Jermaine Jenas on Match of the Day 2.
“Goals are a rare commodity when it comes to certain midfield players, they are hard to find, and this guy [Loftus-Cheek] has got everything in abundance, goes by people with ease and scores goals," he said.
"I think the biggest thing now with [Ruben] Loftus-Cheek is he feels he belongs, he’s gone from the young kid trying to get a chance to thinking that actually he can hold down a position.
"The difference in your mentality when you’re that young player is absolutely huge. When you look at him now, that’s what he looks like in the manner he commands that area of the pitch. He’s going to be vital to them because of the transfer embargo.”
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Fellow pundit Ian Wright agreed and said he feels that the 23-year-old will only get better, while Jenas hailed the attitude of the England international, who has now scored nine goals for the Blues this season.
“Let’s not forget he went to the World Cup on the back of a Premier League season with Crystal Palace so he wasn’t a bad player," he said.
"What I like about what he’s done as he’s gone ‘ok, fair enough, I accept what you want from me and I will go and change that’.
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“It shows me he has got a great attitude and he is prepared to bend sometimes to make sure he plays.”
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