AKIPRESS.COM - Ruben Loftus-Cheek headed for home after the best night of his fledgling career beaming with pride and clutching a bottle of Man-of-Match champagne.

It is the first time the Chelsea midfielder has ever received such an award but, given the way he powerfully led England's Under 21s through a potentially troublesome evening against Kazakhstan, it will not be the last, Daily Mail reports.

Loftus-Cheek scored a fine opening goal in what was turned out to be a comfortable 3-0 win that maintained England's 100 per cent start to Euro 2017 qualification – Nathan Redmond and Chuba Akpom completed the scoring – but it was the style of his performance at the Ricoh Arena that caught the eye.