Chelsea never looked threatened by Wolves, as they comfortably cruised to a 2-0 win, sending them to the quarterfinals.
Chelsea never looked threatened by Wolves, as they comfortably cruised to a 2-0 win, sending them to the quarterfinal…
Craig Burley assesses Antonio Conte’s decision to implement a 3-4-3 formation, as well as N’Golo Kante’s role in the system.
ESPN FC’s Craig Burley gives an in-depth analysis of how Chelsea’s formation is able to be so effective.
Peter Walton joins the FC crew to weigh in on Arsene Wenger’s claim that Chelsea’s first goal came from a clear foul.
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N’Golo Kante cut an unremarkable figure when he arrived in English football 18 months ago following a £5.6 million transfer from French club Caen to Leicester City.
Alan Birchenall, the former Leicester midfielder and now club ambassador, tells the story of how Kante arrived at the Foxes’ Belvoir Drive training ground: “[He] stood outside my office like he was lost — I thought he was looking for the youth-team dressing-room because he was so small.”
Perhaps Birchenall’s misunderstanding gets…
Craig Burley assesses Antonio Conte’s decision to implement a 3-4-3 formation, as well as N’Golo Kante’s role in the system.
Peter Walton joins the FC crew to weigh in on Arsene Wenger’s claim that Chelsea’s first goal came from a clear foul.
ESPN FC’s Craig Burley gives an in-depth analysis of how Chelsea’s formation is able to be so effective.
Antonio Conte thinks his experience means he’s perfectly suited to guiding Chelsea to the Premier League title.
Antonio Conte has nothing but good things to say about Chelsea’s complete performance against Arsenal.
N’Golo Kante won the title with Leicester City last season and is on course to repeat the feat with Chelsea, but Antonio Conte believes he can improve further.
Kante, 25, has only missed one Premier League game so far this season en route to Chelsea establishing a nine-point lead at the top of the division.
But Conte wants the France international midfielder to add more of an attacking passing-range to his repertoire.
“Kante? An extraordinary player in terms of quantity and quality,” Conte told…
Chelsea eased past a feeble Arsenal to go twelve points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
Craig Burley says Chelsea’s dominant performance versus Arsenal was an indication of why their title favourites.
Eden Hazard was happy to get back to his scoring ways and contribute with a special goal in Chelsea’s win over Arsenal.
Antonio Conte has nothing but good things to say about Chelsea’s complete performance against Arsenal.
Chelsea made another huge step towards the Premier League title with a 3-1 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
A lively start from both sides saw the hosts open the scoring on 13 minutes through Marcos Alonso after Diego Costa had headed against the bar. Arsenal’s best chance of the first half saw Gabriel unmarked six yards out, the Arsenal defender’s header forcing Thibaut Courtois into a brilliant save.
The best moment of the game came eight minutes after half time when Eden Hazard collected…
Arsene Wenger has praised the impact of his Italian counterpart at Chelsea, also mentioning Frank Lampard and Jack Wilshere.
The FC crew debate if Arsene Wenger’s tenure at Arsenal should come to an end after this season.
LONDON — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has talked up N’Golo Kante’s importance to Chelsea’s success this season and admitted he lost out to the Blues when trying to sign the midfielder from Leicester City last summer.
Kante, 25, was instrumental in helping Leicester win the Premier League title last season and has had a similar impact on Chelsea this term with his ability to break up play in midfield and shield the back four.
Chelsea are nine points clear at the top the table thanks largely to…
N’Golo Kante has been central to Chelsea’s success and may be the best signing in the league for the second straight season.
Their signings were separated by Euro 2016, but by precious little in price. May and July buys come from neighbouring countries and joined clubs in the same city. A London derby could have offered a direct comparison between N’Golo Kante and Granit Xhaka, the men bought to bring midfield muscle to their respective clubs.
It won’t, of course. The £32 million man Kante should take up his habitual place at the heart of the Chelsea side on Saturday. Meanwhile, the £30 million midfielder Xhaka…
After being accused of lacking identity, Steve Nicol believes Antonio Conte is the man to give them just that.
Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has told SFR Sport that Didier Drogba’s unconventional rise to the top fuelled his own progress from amateur football to the Premier League.
Drogba was 26 when he arrived at Chelsea from Marseille in 2004 after spending the early part of his career battling for recognition at Le Mans and Guingamp.
Like Ivory Coast legend Drogba, Kante did not attend a club youth academy in France, instead playing amateur football and then learning his trade at Boulogne and Caen…
Shaka Hislop continues to double down on his stance that the title is still Chelsea’s to lose.
Marauding central midfielder N’Golo Kante was once a second-choice right-back at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
LONDON — Brentford defender Maxime Colin knew about N’Golo Kante long before the Premier League did. Six years ago the pair were teenagers battling to earn their professional stripes at little Boulogne-sur-Mer, then in Ligue 2, with no clue as to the vastly different trajectories their careers would take as Kante went on to win the Premier League with Leicester before sealing a £30 million move to Chelsea last summer.
Back then it was Colin who was regarded as the more polished prospect, even…
Alexis Nunes and Steve Nicol dig into the latest crop of transfer rumours emerging from the January window.
Virgil van Dijk is one of only a handful of midtable players eyed by the top clubs. There used to be more.
It is not just the name — part Roman poet, part Dutchman — that makes him stand out. Virgil van Dijk has a capacity to catch the eye. He’s a centre-back with the technical ability of a midfielder, a defiant defender who can pop up anywhere on the pitch, a charismatic figure who seems to exert a magnetic effect on the ball. He is the Southampton player with most tackles, clearances, interceptions, bookings and red cards.
Van Dijk is normally conspicuous by his presence. When Southampton host…
Chelsea add another three points to their lead in the Premier League table with a home win over Hull City.
English Premier League: Gary Cahill (81′) Chelsea 2-0 Hull City
Hull City wanted a penalty given after Marcos Alonso’s tackle on Abel Hernandez early in the second half.
English Premier League: Diego Costa (45’+7) Chelsea 1-0 Hull City
Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points with a 2-0 win over Hull City in a game beset by poor officiating.
The hosts dominated the first half and should have taken the lead when Diego Costa was incorrectly ruled offside. Hull’s Curtis Davies then avoided a second yellow card for a bookable offence when he fouled Pedro on the edge of the penalty area. Costa fired Chelsea in front deep into first-half stoppage time with referee Neil Swarbrick waving away Hull’s…