The midfielder has struggled to find a place in Sarri's first team, but a wonderful hat-trick against BATE has heightened calls to give him more games
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri admits he is happy to have a "problem" like Ruben Loftus-Cheek after the England man laid down a claim for regular first-team football with a brilliant Europa League hat-trick.
Loftus-Cheek, 22, has been a bit-part player so far under the Italian, with Thursday's start just his fourth appearance of the season.
But he took full advantage of his opportunity, smashing a memorable hat-trick as BATE Borisov were put to the sword in a 3-1 victory for the Blues .