FA Cup: Loftus-Cheek speaks ahead of Crystal Palace clash

Chelsea star Ruben Loftus-Cheek is likely to start for the Blues when they take on Crystal Palace on Sunday at Wembley stadium in the FA Cup semi-final.

Loftus-Cheek played for Crystal Palace in the 2017/18 season on loan and it was a year which had a big impact on his career, helping him to continue his development at an important stage while establishing himself in the Premier League.

He is hoping to start against them today in the FA cup.

He said in a pre-match statement, ‘Now we’ve got an FA Cup semi-final to focus on and sometimes that’s the best way to deal with it. You’ve got another huge game to play that can outweigh the disappointment and suddenly if you win that you’re really happy again.

‘I think we can take confidence from the performance on Tuesday after beating them in Madrid on the night and take that into the semi-final. It’s a similar kind of setting, in that it’s a huge stadium, but this time we’ll have our fans in half of it. So we’ll be ready for it for sure.’