Chelsea defender Ian Maatsen is delighted with his progress on-loan at Burnley.

Maatsen has thrived with the Championship leaders under manager Vincent Kompany.

He told chelseafc.com: "Yeah, it's been great and helped a lot. I can't imagine a better manager for me at the moment. It's really intense to learn from him, in every detail.

"It's not even all about on the football pitch, but also the outside bit – how you have to live as a pro, how you manage stuff outside the pitch if you're not happy around your area and this and that. So it's really helpful.

"Since day one I've spoken to him about what I want to achieve as a player this season – to get more experience, of course, and playing for the trophy is a different pressure than when you're playing for the play-offs.

"I told him honestly that I just want to improve and grow as a player, be ready for the next step, and hopefully he can help me with that. He had plans with me as well, so it really linked well between me and him.

"I wanted to get the loan sorted as soon as possible, before the season started, to make sure that I was here from the beginning and not having to adapt myself while playing games, because sometimes it can take a bit longer to get used to new players and new places. That's why I chose to go to Burnley at the start and be there from the first day of the season.

"That first game, I'd only been training with the team for something like one week, I didn't even know most of the boys yet. So that game was special, because it was the first Championship game of the season, on the Friday night, everyone was watching it and luckily I scored and I played well.

"In that moment I thought that I just need to continue those performances, the way I play and the way I behave on and off the pitch. So now I just want to maintain it until the end of the season."