DBasia.news – Chelsea defeated BATE Borisov 3-1 in the third matchday of Group L 2018-2019 Europa League at Stamford Bridge Stadium. In that match, Ruben Loftus-Cheek became the star of The Blues.
Loftus-Cheek performed great and scored all the goals or hattrick. The three goals made him recorded the similar achievement as Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek already wrote his name on the scoreboard when the match just went 2 minutes. Accepting the passing from Davide Zappacosta from the right side, BATE goalkeeper Denis Scherbitski couldn’t anticipate his kick.
Six minutes later, Loftus-Cheek netted another goal. Starting from the corner-kick of Willian, he scored the goal.
The third goal of Ruben Loftus-Cheek happened at 53′. He kicked far to the crossbar and couldn’t be avoided by Scherbitski.
Now, Ruben Loftus-Cheek followed Harry Kane’s achievement as the British player who scored the hattrick in the Europa League. Kane is the latest player, previously did that in the match between Tottenham Hotspur against Asteras Tripolis on October 2014.
Besides, the hattrick made Ruben Loftus-Cheek surpasses the goal that he scored in 35 matches with Chelsea. In that number, the 22-year-old player just scored two goals.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek was the alumni of Chelsea academy since July 2012. Currently, he is in contract until June 2021.