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'He is our Neymar, he is our Kylian Mbappe': Thomas Tuchel insists it's a 'miracle' that Chelsea will finish third in the Premier League with 'key player' N'Golo Kante only playing 40 per cent of the games

Thomas Tuchel has hailed Chelsea's likely third-place Premier League finish as a 'miracle' given N'Golo Kante's injury struggles.

Marcos Alonso's sweetly-struck volley snatched Chelsea a 1-1 draw with Leicester at Stamford Bridge that sealed third place in everything but mathematics.

Chelsea boast a goal difference superiority of 18 on fourth-placed Tottenham, and manager Tuchel believes the job to seal third is effectively done and dusted.

Kante has missed more than half the campaign with a string of different injuries, leaving Tuchel to lament the France World Cup winner's absence across the campaign.