Jamie Carragher was blown away by the performance of N’Golo Kante in Chelsea’s draw against Liverpool last night.
Chelsea and Liverpool played out yet another 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge yesterday, the fourth game in succession they’ve been goalless after 90 minutes.
The Blues showed yet again they were toothless in attack, which has been a problem all season.
Bruno Saltor, who watched from the sidelines as Chelsea’s interim boss, had to settle for one Premier League point during his first game in charge.
There is no doubt N’Golo Kante was the shining light for Chelsea as he made his first start since August.
The £30million (BBC) midfielder played just under 70 minutes to get some much-needed minutes in his legs. He was outstanding during his performance, too!
Sky Sports pundit Carragher claims Liverpool forgot how good the returning midfielder actually is.
He even claimed opposition players would be wise to stay away from Kante, who was brilliant last night at winning back possession and dribbling with the ball.
“It was almost as if some of the Liverpool players forgot who Kante was and forgot how good he was. They were trying to take him on. You do not take him on. You do not try to out-strength him physically. Sometimes you just have to stay away from him and let him have the ball,” Carragher told Sky Sports.
“Two or three times it happened. [Konstantinos] Tsimikas very early on. [Ibrahima] Konate over in the far corner, he thought the ball was going out and Kante keeps it in. That is what he does. He has been out so long that everybody on the pitch, from the Liverpool side, forgot what Kante was about.”
If Chelsea are to pull off a big upset against Real Madrid in the Champions League, Kante will be at the heart of it.
He seemed to be everywhere in the midweek clash with Liverpool, who were fortunate to leave Stamford Bridge with a draw.
Journalist Florian Plettenberg claimed on Twitter last week that Kante is close to extending his contract with Chelsea.
Everyone has just been given a reminder how important it is he stays beyond the summer.
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