Leicester midfielder James Maddison has previously claimed that Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is a better player than Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante.
“I think he’s the best in the Premier League at
tackling and winning the ball back, bar none,” Maddison told Football Daily in
2020.
“I know
[N’Golo] Kante is a brilliant player and there are players like that. But
actually winning the ball back and taking the ball off the opposition, I don’t
think there is anyone better than Wilfred.
“Sometimes
you get a player like that and what he does doesn’t get on the back page of the
papers, doesn’t get talked about on Match of the Day.
“He’s
fantastic at what he does and he lets players like me and Youri Tielemans do
our thing higher up the pitch because we know we’ve got that solidity behind
us.”
Saturday’s
midfield battle between Kante and Ndidi will be an interesting one as Chelsea
face Leicester City.
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