The whole football world is used to seeing the pitch on their screen or live and N’Golo Kante covering pretty much every blade of grass on it. However, injuries have become far too frequent for the French midfielder over the past two years. Not something Chelsea want to see happening anytime soon – the last thing the London Blues need is to lose the 30-year-old over a longer period of time.Ever since that Super Cup clash against Villareal, Kante hasn’t been feeling his best self physically. The midfielder was absent for the Blues’ Premier League opener (a confident win over Crystal Palace), he was then fit enough only for a short appearance in the victory over Arsenal, followed by a start and only 45 minutes against Liverpool.##NAJAVA_MECA_5890923##After that two more games are missed, then comes further misfortune came for Kante as he tests positive for Covid-19 and is forced to self-isolate for 10 days.Kante has played just 167 minutes of Premier League football so far this season. Given how important the Frenchman is for Chelsea, it comes as an encouraging fact that they collected 16 points from a possible 21 and are sitting first in the league. In their previous seven matches in the league, they have already had clashes against Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City – winning two of those, losing one and drawing one.So looking forward to having a fit Ngolo Kante back in the team. pic.twitter.com/RTwVdM0Tmf— Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) October 14, 2021 Kante’s ASAP return can only help the ambitious Thomas Tuchel’s side.”If you have N’Golo you have something everyone is looking for,” Tuchel praised Kante after the Tottenham match, in which the midfielder scored.“You have everything you need in midfield: work rate, intensity, ball wins, skilful play, dribbles, half-field drives and even a goal.“I see this every day in training and it is hard to believe how good he is. He is a unique guy, there are no more words from me. N’Golo is N’Golo, he is fantastic.”Giroud: ‘It was tougher to leave Chelsea than Arsenal’After the international break and some rest Kante managed to get, he should be ready to take on Brentford when the Premier League resumes on during the upcoming weekend.A particular individual profiting probably the most of all Chelsea players is Jorginho. Italian-Brazilian Ballon d’Or candidate has been handed greater defensive responsibility in the absence of his French colleague (who is also a candidate for the prestigious award) – automatically causing Jorginho to do less of what he does best – pass and play-make.Such outcome was visible the most against Liverpool and Manchester City, games in which Chelsea failed to collect all three points.
