Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea: 4 Analytical points

#4 Kante's new positions

New Advance role for N'golo Kante

With new Boss comes new changes in style, tactics, and approaches in gameplay and with Maurizio Sarri coming in at Chelsea, they are acquiring many chances. One of the changes that are having a large effect on Chelsea is N'golo Kante's new advanced role.

N'golo Kante has been moved to a more advanced position with Jorginho taking the deeper position. In past, Kante's role was to break plays, tackle and intercept. However, under the new Chelsea boss, he has taken an advanced position and been very good at making intelligent runs towards the opposition Box.

His ability to play Box-Box gives an advantage to Chelsea by having an extra man in both attack and defence.

N’Golo Kante also commented upon the new role, suggesting his likeness towards it.

– “That is something I used to play at my old club, Caen,” Kante said this week. “I like it.”

And of course, Apart from making intelligent runs, the World Cup winner is still one of the best in the world when it comes to defensive work.