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" Arsenal-Chelsea games can go either way. They are always competitive and physical and really good games technically. "
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
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" It's tough being at Chelsea. I work hard every day in training. It's a massive club with really good players, so you don't get the opportunity every weekend. "
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" I'm not one to bow under immense pressure. I know how to deal with it. As a youth player growing up and playing for England, you deal with it then and get used to it. You just carry on into the bigger stages, and it has become natural to me. "
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" As long as I get an opportunity, with my ability, I can do well. My England debut was an opportunity for me to show that, and I was really happy with how I did. "
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" Games and training are completely different. "
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" Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams. "
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" I know how to deal with pressure. "
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" When you don't play, you really feel the difference of what matches give you. The match-sharpness, the fitness. It's what you need to progress. "
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" Coming to Crystal Palace, I'm really excited to be playing. There's still massive competition here. "
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Here
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" A big side of football is reacting to what happens. "
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Happens
Side
" My goal simply was to have an impact, to try to make a contribution and help the team win. I wasn't thinking, 'I want to play well, so I start the next game.' But every kid's dream is to play in the World Cup. Watching at home with your parents when you're 10 years old, you never think you'll be there in the future. "
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" It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace. "
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Best
Opportunities
" Ever since I was in the Chelsea academy, I've had that awareness that people were saying I would be the first one to break through since John Terry. I believed I could, but the opportunities didn't quite come for me. "
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First
" My dad produces good footballers. "
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Produces
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" It's important for me to work hard and give 100 per cent in training to try to improve. "
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Important
Training
Me
" The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be. "
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You
Feel
Play
" I realised to keep improving, I needed to play more. It wasn't easy not getting many chances, but I knew I just had to keep working hard in training and take the opportunities when they came. "
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Easy
Training
" I do understand Chelsea are a big club, and there is always pressure on managers to win games and trophies. So I understand they might not be willing to take a chance on someone at a bigger club. "
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Chance
Win
Understand
" At Palace, I feel like a first-team player, and I have got the opportunity to play every week. "
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Week
Play
Opportunity
" I've trained with some top players at Chelsea, but sometimes training is not enough. "
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Some
Sometimes
Top
" It was tough, mentally, at Chelsea not getting the game time, but I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things. "
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Tough
Patient
Right
" I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes fully, but Chelsea's a massive club, and I understand why chances don't come so often. "
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Behind
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" It's been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance. It's really difficult mentally. There's only so long you just enjoy training with top players. "
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You
Training
" I want to play. I want to play as much as I can. "
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Want
" I'm glad I came to Palace because I am getting the game time I wanted. I am also learning to fight with some good players. "
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" The experience of being a Premier League player playing every week is just massive. "
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Just
Experience
" It was tough mentally at Chelsea, obviously not getting the game time. I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things. "
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" Playing at the World Cup stage excites me. "
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" I'd been at Chelsea for a while and progressed quite quickly until I got to the first team, and then it was different. I was used to playing every minute of every game, but when you get to that level, the step up is massive. There are world-class players in front of you, and no matter how talented you are, breaking in is difficult. "
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Difficult
You
" Everyone's journey is different in football; no one's the same. "
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Journey
Different
Everyone
" I'd had success with the junior England teams. "
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