A NUMBER of Chelsea followers have blasted N’Golo Kante after his error gifted Manchester Metropolis a objective.
The Blues have been already reeling after they have been hit with a quick-fire double-whammy within the Premier League conflict.
N’Golo Kante endured a nightmare afternoon in opposition to Manchester MetropolisCredit score: PA:Press Affiliation
He was at fault for Kevin De Bruyne’s strike for the CityzensCredit score: Andy Hooper-The Day by day Mail
After a promising begin by Frank Lampard’s males, Metropolis instantly sprang into life.
Ilkay Gundohan fired the guests forward at Stamford Bridge on 18 minutes earlier than Phil Foden struck simply three minutes later to stun Chelsea.
After getting over that shock, the hosts appeared to have regained some composure as they appeared to get again into the sport earlier than the break.
However they have been to undergo a crippling blow after a breakaway that resulted from their very own attacking set-piece.
Kante was the final man masking for his aspect, however he left his place to attempt to put the ball again into the hazard zone after it was cleared.
Sadly for him his move went straight to Kevin De Bruyne, and he headed away to ship Raheem Sterling clear.
The City star was on their lonesome within the centre circle, and regardless of the backtracking Kante’s greatest efforts to push him large, he raced away and fired a strike off the woodwork, which fell excellent for De Bruyne to fit dwelling on the rebound.
And afterwards these Chelsea followers watching on at dwelling took to Twitter to vent their fury at Kante for his ‘schoolboy’ defending.
One wrote: “Sterling is placing Kante into an early retirement.”
One other commented: “Kante has been terrible.”
A fellow viewer yweeted: “All jokes apart how do Chelsea solely have Kante as final man from a nook. That’s this objective and Martenelli’s final yr that they solely needed to beat Kante.”
One other requested: “What number of Objectives can we concede when Kante is left alone in Midfield after a failed set piece.”
A fellow Blue stated: “I like kante however he will likely be having nightmares of Sterling tonight.”
Whereas one other wrote: “Kante is having a nightmare on the market! However his efficiency will go unnoticed coz he smiles and run round on a regular basis!”
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