Frank Lampard has opened up on the one "problem" he had with N'Golo Kante when he was Chelsea manager.
Lampard was sacked as Blues boss in January after a season-and-a-half in charge of his beloved club, with Thomas Tuchel brought in to replace the 43-year-old.
During his time as Chelsea manager, Kante played a huge part in his side - like he has done for almost ever coach he's played under.
Now, under Tuchel, the France international has arguably taken his game to another level, with the 30-year-old playing such a huge part in the Blues' Champions League success last season.
Kante starred in both legs of the semi-final against Real Madrid and then the final itself versus Manchester City, with Chelsea securing their second European crown with the 1-0 victory in Porto.
Speaking during the BBC's coverage of France's 2-2 draw with Portugal on Wednesday evening - where Kante played the full 90 minutes as Les Bleus topped Group F, Lampard issued his honest verdict on his former midfielder, while also speaking about a "problem" he had with the Frenchman in training sessions.
“When I arrived at Chelsea he’d been off the back of playing so regularly for a few seasons because everyone relies on him so much, he’d had an injury that took him into my first season, we missed him a lot,” Lampard said.
“You seriously miss N’Golo in big games because he’s a big-game player. Nobody will want to play against him because of the attributes he’s got.
“In those big games, finals, tournament football, players like N’Golo are just priceless.
“The main reason why he’s so good that he’s the best in the world at being a destructor. When I say destructor I’m talking about winning the ball back. To win the ball back with his anticipation, having the speed to get tight and close distances, his main attribute for me is destruction, leaving areas to win balls back.
“An old-fashioned holding midfield player you’d say would sit in front of the back four, Makelele did it years ago for Chelsea so well.
“But he has so much more to his game. When you see the distances he closes to get in front of people, that acceleration and speed, that is something special to him, it’s very unique.”
He added: “He can do multiple jobs at the same time. He makes people around him better, he helps everybody.
“He’s exactly how you’d expect from the outside, nothing’s an act, he’s very humble, very quiet, he doesn’t want loads of conversation.
“The problem I found with him more than anything was trying to hold him back in training because every day you train and you let him off the leash in an opposed session he does that, and you have to try to pull him back because he can just put that output into anything he does.
“He’s incredible, he’s exactly what you see from the outside.”
