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Renuka Odedra

Humble N'Golo Kante goes about things differently and we wouldn't want it any other way

N'Golo Kante turned to meet Kai Havertz, who embraced him in a hug with a smiling Kante celebrating Chelsea's second goal in their 3-0 win against Tottenham, last Sunday.

Chelsea fans took to Twitter to notice how humble his celebration was as the midfielder barely knows what to do with himself when he does net a goal. He's scored twelve goals in all competitions for Chelsea and the pictures of his celebrations over the years tell a story in themselves.

So, take a trip down memory lane to see how happy, smiling Kante celebrated them all...

2016 - Manchester United (Premier League)

For this goal, N'Golo Kante did well to take them around a United defender and slot the ball past David De Gea - with a close-range right-footed shot.

2017 - Manchester United (FA Cup)

Kante wrapped his foot around an absolute beauty, from outside the box to end up winning against United 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.


2017 - Leicester City (Premier League)

This was another beautiful shot outside of the box, which swept through everyone into the net past his former teammate -Kasper Schmeichel.


2018 - Huddersfield Town (Premier League)

Kante opened the scoring for the 2018/19 season under new boss Maurizio Sarri when Willian whipped in a cross from the left and his left-footed volley shot bounced off the turf and into the net.

N'Golo Kante celebrates in typical Kante fashion ((Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images))

2018 - Manchester City (Premier League)

This goal was another one that was just truly wonderful and against the run of play. First-time shot, which he smashed into the top of the net.

2018 - Crystal Palace (Premier League)

A clever little chest down and Kante was able to get the better of the Crystal Palace defenders for this one.

2019 Tottenham Hotspurs (League Cup)

A specialist at shooting from outside the box, Kante nutmegged three Spurs players to leave them blushing as the opposition were left stunned by another lovely goal.

2019 - Burnley (Premier League)

A link-up between Eden Hazard, who swept a ball into the box made a left shot into the net look easy as can be.

2019 - Liverpool (Premier League)

Brilliant piece of play by Kante, who floated easily past three Liverpool defenders lifting the ball high above the goalkeeper to make it Chelsea 2-1.

2019 - Southampton (Premier League)

You know you have to be careful when Kante receives the ball from a position far out, once again he smashes the ball home, a deflection from a Southampton player helping it along the way.

2019 - Manchester City (Premier League)

Kante wrestled past a City defender to squeeze in a shot that had just enough power on it to make it past the goal line.

2021 - Tottenham Hotspurs (Premier League)

Kante tried another shot from range this time, with a wicked deflection from Eric Dier it made it into the net.

Kante after his latest goal against Tottenham ((Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images))

N'Golo Kante is a player you really can't dislike. He's a player who leaves it all on the pitch and is adored for both club and country. His celebrations make him an even more lovable character in football.

You've probably seen an emerging pattern from the above photographs. N'Golo Kante isn't one to run to the corner flag, or slide through the grass in front of fans - he's a turnaround and find the closest person to you sort of guy. At times it almost feels likes he's embraced to celebrate like he's done nothing special and embarrassed to do anything else but smile and walk back to the half way line.

Never change N'Golo!

What's your favourite N'Golo Kante goal? Follow Renuka on Twitter to get involved in the discussion and give us your thoughts in the comments section below.

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