run with the ball

“He was just an incredible runner with the ball and that’s one of my strengths in the game - when I can open up and run with the ball and Kaka was one of the best of that,” Loftus-Cheek said.

Finding no passes available, he elected to run with the ball instead, gathering pace as he approached the halfway line.

“I don’t usually run with the ball a lot but the situation presented itself.”

For starters, Moore is 6ft 5in but he is a lot more mobile than you would expect him to be - he can get down the wings and run with the ball under pressure too.

“I love catching the ball, not only running the ball but catching the ball. … It was real fun to be able to run with the ball in my hand like a receiver, a lot of fun.”