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#3 Chelsea's midfield trio light it up for Maurizio Sarri
It took a while to settle, but N'Golo Kante's personal brilliance, Jorginho's guile and Ross Barkley's aggressive yet astute approach got the Blues up and running.
Each of them were remarkable in their respective roles, throughout the match. Starting off with Jorginho, the Brazil-born Italian pulled the strings in midfield and most importantly, brought about a sense of calm in the early stages. He orchestrated proceedings, organized Chelsea's shape and was lively to almost every danger Burnley posed. The former Napoli midfielder also sprayed a few exquisite passes along with the simple ones.
N'Golo Kante was as energetic as ever, hanging around the right flank, combining play with Loftus-Cheek and Azpilicuetam contributing to the high press and creating a couple of chances as well. He was safe and industrious in midfield.
Ross Barkley though, was the pick of the bunch. Leaving aside his direct contributions to Chelsea's goals, the midfielder was simply world-class. He made a stunning four interceptions in the first-half, won two 50-50 battles and passed it around well.
He was at the center of the happenings as far as Chelsea were concerned. While Jorginho dropped deeper and Kante played down the right, it was Barkley who enjoyed a lot of space in the center of the park.
He knitted and started quite a few attacks, shrugged off Burnley's physically demanding outset and contributed directly to two goals. He illustrated vision and calmly set up Morata for the first goal.
During his goal, the Everton academy product had a couple of options either side of him, but chose to go alone. He struck it with his left boot and beautifully found the right bottom corner.
