N’Golo Kante took a step closer to winning the Premier League for a second successive season with a second club last night when he helped Chelsea to a big draw at Liverpool.
Thanks to other results, the Blues maintained their nine-point buffer at the summit of the division, and should they beat Arsenal on the weekend, it’s hard to imagine a state of affairs in which they don’t go on to lift the top prize.
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David Luiz bagged the headlines for his smart free-kick that opened the scoring, but perhaps the defining performance of the night from Antonio Conte’s men came from Kante.
The Frenchman wrestled to keep his side in the game after Georginio Wijnaldum had levelled the scores, putting in a typically energetic performance to ensure the Reds didn’t take advantage of the shift in momentum…
The reigning Premier League champ put in a staggering nine tackles and made five blocks, while pulling off two clearances and completing an interception, showing just why the Londoners paid a big fee for him over the summer.
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