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Maurizio Sarri: Ruben Loftus-Cheek Must Improve Defensively Despite BATE Treble

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has called on Ruben Loftus-Cheek to improve on the defensive side of his game despite the midfielder scoring a hat-trick against BATE Borisov on Thursday.

Loftus-Cheek made his second start of the season and scored all of Chelsea's goals as they won 3-1 in the UEFA Europa League, but Sarri still wants to see more from him.

Per the Daily Mail's Adam Crafton, Sarri said:

"In the offensive phase, wonderful. In the beginning of the season, I told him he was really a very good player, now I think the same, but maybe I think also that he is more suitable to my football.