Middlesbrough head coach Steve Agnew has saluted Chelsea enforcer N'Golo Kante as he attempts to delay his march towards a second successive Premier League winners' medal.
The 26-year-old France international drove former club Leicester to a shock title triumph last season and is doing much the same again at Stamford Bridge this time around - following his big money summer switch - to leave the club on the brink of glory.
Relegation-threatened Boro will stand in his way on Monday evening when they head for the capital knowing anything less than victory could prove fatal to their lingering survival hopes, and Agnew is only too aware of what Kante can do to opposition teams.