Chelsea defender Kurt zounma picked Kante up and carried him across the pitch like a giant baby after the French international took the blues to victory with his Herculean effort

Kante was later carried aloft by his teammates. Clearly after Kante cover every blade of of grass during 90 minutes

Kante gave a master class performance in the art of a box-to-box man as he closed down, won possession and was also available when the blues had the ball

Speaking with BT sport, Zouma reveals that the reason he carried Kante was that, he felt he has over done what was expected and needed some rest above every other player on pitch.

It ain’t just a celebration, Kante needs to be celebrated each day. I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people, Kante is an Hero. I wander what weighs him that keeps him full focused he said

N’Golo Kante was the pick of Chelsea players in their champions league final win over Manchester City

whilst much of the credit will understandably fall on match winner Kai Havertz as well as the likes of Reece James and Andreas Christensen for their perfect defense, it was the French man who was, for many, the best player on the pitch

His outstanding performance won him the ‘player of the match’ award. Kante has now won three straight consecutive ‘man of the match’ award in Chelsea’s last three UEFA champions league games. He won the award in the semifinal first and second leg against Real Madrid

On numerous occasions, Kante was able to stop City attacks with a crucial interception and his performance was praised by many

Kante had 53 touches, 11 duels won, three tackles, two interceptions, two clearances and created one clear goal chance for Pullicic who placed the ball outside the goal post