Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek was happy with his wing-back role in last week's Champions League clash at Real Madrid.

Loftus-Cheek impressed as they won 3-2 on the night after extra time, even if it wasn't enough to progress.

"It was a bit different between the two games, but still had similar characteristics in the role that I was asked to do," he told the club's website. "I'd never started at right wing-back before, but it was a role I was confident to play and carry out what was asked of me.

"I've always been comfortable wherever I am on the pitch, I just have to bring my qualities to that position. In midfield you don't necessarily get too much space to open up and drive with the ball and that's one of my big strengths, so in this position sometimes it allowed me to open up and go past people and use my running power. So I enjoyed it.

"Against Southampton, the gaffer gave me license to come inside, which is natural for me, to come and get the ball, and I think that kind of caught them off guard and pulled them about a bit. You don't normally see a wing-back coming inside to a No8 or a No10 position to get the ball. They changed formation quite early, but we were just too focused on playing well and getting the win, and in the end it was ruthless.

"I was given license in Madrid, but it was up to me to see the game and how it panned out and where I felt I could hurt them the most. Sometimes I was standing on the touchline, sometimes I was coming inside, sometimes nearly across to the other side of the pitch, like for Mason's goal. I just tried to find space, create overloads, create confusion between Real Madrid's players.

"It was more defensively that we had to stay in our structure, but even then sometimes I had to come in midfield and sometimes I had to stay on the touchline. So I kind of had a base position, but it was up to me to read the play."