It's fair to say N'Golo Kante's first-half was not the best 45 minutes he has played in a Chelsea shirt. The French midfielder did not look at it against Real Madrid on Wednesday evening and Thomas Tuchel must have felt the same.
Kante started alongside Jorginho in a midfield two for the Blues, who welcomed Los Blancos to Stamford Bridge in the first-leg of the Champions League quarter-final. The France international completely dominated the Spaniards when the two clubs went head-to-head in last season's semi-finals.
However, that was not the case this time. The experienced trio of Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Luka Modric ran rings around the Chelsea midfield, forcing Tuchel into a change of shape at the half-time break.
