Chelsea Player ratings: Costa comes alive but did youngster do enough to force his way in?

Ruben Loftus-Cheek was excellent on a rare start for Chelsea

NEWS NEWS BLOG SPORT casts an eye over the Chelsea players after their comfortable 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League.

 

Asmir Begovic 6: Difficult to asses as he had nothing to do. Made one easy save.

Cesar Azpilicueta 7: Moved to right-back in place of Branislav Ivanovic and looked comfortable against a weak attack.

Kurt Zouma 6: Strong in the tackle at the heart of defence.

 

Gary Cahill 7: Responded well to criticism after Everton display.

Baba Rahamn 7: An encouraging debut and was a constant threat going forward.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek 8: Replaced Matic as the anchor in midfield and Jose Mourinho now has a selection headache after a solid display. Replaced by Bertrand Traore late in second half.

 

Eden Hazard ballooned a penalty over the bar in the sixth minute

Cesc Fabregas 8: Scored one and set another up as he bossed proceedings from midfield.

Oscar 7: Showed Eden Hazard how to score from the penalty spot. Brought off for Ramires.

Willian 7: Scored a lucky opener and was replaced because of injury by Diego Costa in first half.

 

Eden Hazard 6: Looks a shadow of his former self and ballooned a penalty over the crossbar.

Loic Remy 7: Won the penalty that Hazard missed and showed good pace.

Best from the bench:

Diego Costa 9: Replaced the injured Willian and caused all sorts of problems before scoring a sublime volleyed third.