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Leicester City's Wilfred Ndidi is Premier League’s top tackler

Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidid has finished the 2017-18 English Premier League season as the top tackler, ahead of Idrissa Gueye.

He was on parade for 67 minutes before making way for Shinji Okazaki in his side’s 0-0 draw against Chelsea.

On for his final #lcfc appearance ud83dudc99

Go on, Shinji! ud83dude4c#LeiChe pic.twitter.com/Ei633N949q— Leicester City (@LCFC) May 12, 2019

In the just-concluded season, Ndidi made 144 tackles, ahead of Gueye’s 143 and Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s 128.

Since his move from Genk, the 22-year-old has been outstanding in the English top-flight.