Ruben Loftus-Cheek: I'm pleased to play for Guus Hiddink at Chelsea

Happy: Ruben Loftus-Cheek admits he is pleased with his goal against Scunthorpe
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Vaishali Bhardwaj11 January 2016

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has admitted he is pleased to be playing under Guus Hiddink after Chelsea's new coach substituted the midfielder on against Scunthorpe United on Sunday - which ended in the 19-year-old scoring his first ever goal for his boyhood club.

Hiddink decided to bring Loftus-Cheek on at half-time of the team's FA Cup third-round clash with the Iron as the Blues were leading the game 1-0 through Diego Costa's first-half strike.

The midfielder went on to score a superb goal - his first competitive goal for Chelsea - after Cesar Azpilicueta delivered an accurate ball into the box from the left flank.

With Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich applauding Loftus-Cheek from his private box following the youngster's strike, the 19-year-old admitted he was happy to have netted his first goal in his only shot on goal for the champions - and just days before his 20th birthday.

Speaking to BT Sport after the victory, Loftus-Cheek said: "(It was a) really nice moment when I got the goal. I'm really really happy with that. Just to come on and play 45 minutes was amazing.

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"One for one - 100 per cent, I'll try to keep that going and I was just happy to come on and help the team."

The win over Scunthorpe means Chelsea are now unbeaten in five games since Hiddink took charge of the club, and Loftus-Cheek admitted the Dutchman has successfully been able to lift the spirits of the struggling Premier League champions.

"I'm really pleased to play for him, he's a really nice man as well as a good manager," the midfielder added.

"It's been different, obviously with a change of managers but we've got to get on with it and I feel we did really well."

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