The Nigeria international returned to club action following the
international break, but he could not help the Foxes avoid a
defeat against the Blues
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is the butt of jokes
from fans on social media after losing his battle against
France international Ngolo Kante.
The Nigerian international replaced Kante at Leicester in
2017, after the France international left for Chelsea in 2016.

When Ndidi joined Leicester, Kante was the best defensive
midfielder in the world, and he is still seen as the best by
some today.
However, Ndidi’s performances for the Foxes since he
replaced the World Cup winner have also put him in the
conversation.
And ahead of the clash between the two sides on Saturday
afternoon, some fans made an argument for Ndidi as the
better player between the two.

However, the Nigeria international was second best
throughout the encounter as Kante put up a midfield
masterclass to help Chelsea to a 3-0 win and go six points
clear at the top of the Premier League, courtesy of goals
from Antonio Rüdiger, Ngolo Kante and Christian Pulisic.
The World Cup winner had an 85% pass accuracy, while he
also made two interceptions and two tackles, respectively.
He managed three shots on target, with one ending in the
back of the net, which happens to be Chelsea’s second.

In contrast, Ndidi had just 67% accuracy, made two tackles
and just one interception. But the highlight of their battle
was when Ndidi slipped after he was embarrassed by
Kante’s body movement.
Following the game, fans could not resist trolling him for
that particular moment in the game.

https://soccernet.ng/2021/11/fans-troll-ndidi-after-he-was-embarrassed-by-kante-in-leicesters-loss-to-chelsea.html

Lolz. It was such an embarrassing scenario for my brother.


Well, in football, such thing does happen.

DTS football for you, wen e go happen to u, u wont see it coming..
even d kante self don chop am before n even messi dts d most trickish player with d ball don don am before..

Kante is the best pure defensive midfielder ever.
In my lifetime, I never thot I would see anyone better than Makalele, till Kante came around.



This is someone who has both Makalele and Yaya Toure wrrapped into him.

Add a bit of Edgar Davis into the mix.

He tried for his age...

nairamaniac:
Kante is the best pure defensive midfielder ever.
In my lifetime, I never thot I would see anyone better than Makalele, till Kante came around.



This is someone who has both Makalele and Yaya Toure wrrapped into him.

Add a bit of Edgar Davis into the mix.

pls u can continue with ur hype BT ur kante is no were near yaya toure dt once ended a season with 20+ goals..
dt was his best season n no other defensive midfielder can get close to dt numbers..

paulolee:

pls u can continue with ur hype BT ur kante is no were near yaya toure dt once ended a season with 20+ goals..
dt was his best season n no other defensive midfielder can get close to dt numbers..

the boy mumu too much..

nairamaniac:
Kante is the best pure defensive midfielder ever.
In my lifetime, I never thot I would see anyone better than Makalele, till Kante came around.



This is someone who has both Makalele and Yaya Toure wrrapped into him.

Add a bit of Edgar Davis into the mix.

which kind childish talk be this

paulolee:

pls u can continue with ur hype BT ur kante is no were near yaya toure dt once ended a season with 20+ goals..
dt was his best season n no other defensive midfielder can get close to dt numbers..

Did I say kante was better than Yaya or near him in terms of goals being scored by Yaya.

I'm talking about the box to box attributes of Yaya, turning defence to attack, workrate(with&without the ball).
See how you reduced football/positioning to be about goals.

From a Central midfield position, should football be reduced to be all about goals?
It depends on the system the coach/team wants that particular player to play.

If Yaya ha remained in Barca and not gone to mancity, would we have seen him become so free in the middle? Never.
Rather he was sharing same role with busquet and never have more than 3goals per season while at Barca.

So what are you talking about?

I said he is a hybrid of both makalele and Yaya and that based on their skill set, stamina, styles of play.
Not by how many goals he scored.

John Terri is the highest scoring central defender in England ever, maybe even Europe.
Does that make him the best ever defender?


Kante does the box to box thing Yaya, Gerrard were known for.

Make no mistake, kante is more than just a pure defensive midfielders.


Hope you watched him in Leicester city when he was usually just behind marez and Vardy during counterattacks.

nairamaniac:


Did I say kante was better than Yaya or near him in terms of goals being scored by Yaya.

I'm talking about the box to box attributes of Yaya, turning defence to attack, workrate(with&without the ball).
See how you reduced football/positioning to be about goals.

From a Central midfield position, should football be reduced to be all about goals?
It depends on the system the coach/team wants that particular player to play.

If Yaya ha remained in Barca and not gone to mancity, would we have seen him become so free in the middle? Never.
Rather he was sharing same role with busquet and never have more than 3goals per season while at Barca.

So what are you talking about?

I said he is a hybrid of both makalele and Yaya and that based on their skill set, stamina, styles of play.
Not by how many goals he scored.

John Terri is the highest scoring central defender in England ever, maybe even Europe.
Does that make him the best ever defender?


Kante does the box to box thing Yaya, Gerrard were known for.

Make no mistake, kante is more than just a pure defensive midfielders.



Hope you watched him in Leicester city when he was usually just behind marez and Vardy during counterattacks.

I watched him bro n a big fan of kante....forget d gaols, I still insistt dt kante is nothing near yaya, maybe makelele but not yaya..
yaya is dt D.M dt can confidently play as a central midfielder, as a supporting striker n even as a central defender...
u can say dey both gat stamina n cover space bt i just dnt see any bits of yaya in kante...dt my opinion o

paulolee:

pls u can continue with ur hype BT ur kante is no were near yaya toure dt once ended a season with 20+ goals..
dt was his best season n no other defensive midfielder can get close to dt numbers..

Yaya wasn't a defensive midfielder at Man. City. He was at Barca but not at Man City. He even played as a supporting striker and attacking midfielder but later played as central midfielder.

paulolee:
DTS football for you, wen e go happen to u, u wont see it coming..
even d kante self don chop am before n even messi dts d most trickish player with d ball don don am before..

Exactly.

paulolee:

I watched him bro n a big fan of kante....forget d gaols, I still insistt dt kante is nothing near yaya, maybe makelele but not yaya..
yaya is dt D.M dt can confidently play as a central midfielder, as a supporting striker n even as a central defender...
u can say dey both gat stamina n cover space bt i just dnt see any bits of yaya in kante...dt my opinion o

Are you saying that Yaya is way better than kante?

Unfortunately, kante has also carried teams as well as Yaya, even if not in terms of goal contribution.

There were few times last season and in between this year whereby kante was a clear favourite by majority for ballon d'or.
I don't think Yaya ever came close to such accolade.

Kante was amongs 3most important French players that won their world cup.

We have seen kante play that same Yaya box2box midfield, and we all know how well it went.

paulolee:

pls u can continue with ur hype BT ur kante is no were near yaya toure dt once ended a season with 20+ goals..
dt was his best season n no other [b]defensive midfielder [/b]can get close to dt numbers..

Pls did Yaya Toure play defensive midfield in mancity?

Do u know what u are saying so?

He wasn't even near the defensive midfield line all thru his time in mancity.