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Chelsea's N'Golo Kante gives Eden Hazard freedom to play - Ruud Gullit

N'Golo Kante is Chelsea's "missing link" and the main reason why Eden Hazard has rediscovered his Player of the Year form this season, according to former Blues manager Ruud Gullit.

Chelsea have hit the ground running under new head coach Antonio Conte, taking 10 points from their first four Premier League matches with Kante -- a £30 million summer signing from Leicester City -- shielding a defence that has given up just seven shots on Thibaut Courtois' goal.

At the other end of the pitch, Conte also appears to have revived Diego Costa and Hazard, who has scored two goals in four Premier League appearances this season after managing just four in the whole of the last campaign.