Chelsea 'not favourites' for Europa League - Kante

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante - Getty

N’Golo Kante insists Chelsea do not consider themselves Europa League favourites.


The Blues raced into a 3-0 lead in Thursday’s quarter-final second leg against Slavia Prague at Stamford Bridge, only for the visitors to pull three goals back for a fraught finale.

Chelsea prevailed 4-3 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate, with Pedro on target twice and Olivier Giroud notching his 10th Europa League goal of the campaign.

Maurizio Sarri’s men will now face Eintracht Frankfurt in the semi-finals.

“We’re not favourites; we played a good match and we will do all we can to get to the final,” said Kante.

“We played a good game, it was difficult in the second-half but we got what we wanted and we are happy for that.

“I think they worked very well..."

Chelsea are still chasing a top-four Premier League finish, along with their European ambitions.

And World Cup winner Kante believes completing that Europa League mission would turn Chelsea’s campaign into a success.

“We can make the season beautiful by winning the Europa League,” said Kante.

“That’s the only title we can win now, so it would be great to win the Europa League."