N'Golo Kante delivered a man-of-the-match performance as Chelsea swept Atletico Madrid aside to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The 29-year-old was imperious throughout - bringing back memories of how he propelled the Blues and Leicester to Premier League titles in successive...
'The run-up to the Champions League last season, from the quarter-finals onwards, six out of seven games, including the final, he was the Man of the Match. 'Our eyes are always drawn towards the goalscorers and the technicians, but the influence that m...
When France won the 2018 World Cup and celebrated a few weeks later with the fans at the Stade de France, he was asking Benjamin Mendy to not sing the Kante song too much. When he was made man of the match after Chelsea's Champions League semifinal, second ...
The former Man United caretaker boss takes plenty of stick for his time at Old Trafford but he seems to have found a home with Austria, who are much improved under his management. Will no doubt have seen enough on show here to believe they can trouble the other teams i...
Lampard had been cautious about using the England international due to a lack of match fitness and has allowed him to play for the Under-23s to quicken his return. Despite the good news, Chelsea still have to be prepared for injuries as they aim to play out the...
When asked if Kante will be fit for Chelsea's subsequent match, Lampard said: "We'll play that one as it goes but I would expect we'd be very lucky to have him for Sheffield United." The absence of Kante could open the door for Jorginho, who was ...
France - who had gone 2-0 up against the Dutch in Amsterdam on Friday night before being pegged back ahead of winning the match late on - went close again when Griezmann's header was deflected over. On 53 minutes, Mathieu had to be replaced after picking up and injury, as Lucas Digne...
While the England man has yet to register his first goal for his new club, it's not through a lack of trying with only Aleksandar Mitrovic having had more shots in the past two months. Leicester will note that all four of his shots on target have come from outside...
And so Chelsea’s other players raised their game to match Kante, and now they are European champions again. He won 11 of 15 duels, recovered the ball 10 times for his team, and the shortest man on the pitch won four out of seven aerial duels – nobody on his team won more. ...
The symbol of humility, the master of simplicity, the agent of providing his team’s security, the one who always plays this game with a touch of maturity, the superman whose game, in recent months, has certainly been touching the edges of purity. At times, as was the case in the Cha...