David Luiz got away with a vicious challenge on N’Golo Kante during Arsenal vs Chelsea

Archie Blade
|PublishedDec 29, 2019

David Luiz got away with a vicious challenge on N’Golo Kante during Arsenal vs Chelsea in the Premier league at the Emirates.

Chelsea scripted a fabulous come from behind victory to beat London rivals Arsenal 2-1. However, in the process, they almost lost star midfielder N’Golo Kante to a brutal kick from Arsenal centre back David Luiz.

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Just before the stroke of half-time, Luiz recklessly followed through on Kante after clearing the ball and just missed the Frenchman’s head. Kante cut a forlorn figure as he stood there wondering how the referee had not flashed either the Red or even yellow card.

David Luiz got away with a vicious challenge on N’Golo Kante during Arsenal vs Chelsea

Here’s how twitter reacted to the incident:

David Luiz He was almost killed kante #ARSCHE pic.twitter.com/8myoNFkxxD

— LiveStream777 (@LiveX777) December 29, 2019

David Luiz does this to Kante and Kante just stands there looking confused. If this was any other player they’d be crying for a foul on the floor or there’d be a brawl. The nicest man in football Kante is! #ARSCHE #chelsea pic.twitter.com/GfG4iT8Dbz

— Caitlin Morris (@C8linMorris) December 29, 2019

Who is talking for red cards? David Luiz should have had one in the first half you fucking assholes. 🤫 pic.twitter.com/lCRRKXZIsZ

— ilir (@IlirSalihu11) December 29, 2019

Arsenal fans better not complain about the Jorginho pull on Guendouzi after David Luiz almost killed N’Golo Kante with a kick in the face. #ARSCFC #ARSCHE #ARSENAL pic.twitter.com/3PVcYwAnSs

— Abdel Rahman (@AbdelBeheri) December 29, 2019

Didn’t you see how David Luiz wanted to chop off Kante’s head but nobody commented. Besides you were trash in the 2nd half. Collect your L. https://t.co/1Ylb4HFRTQ

— Frank Edoho (@frankedoho) December 29, 2019

Earlier in the match, Arsenal took the lead through a header from Aubameyang in the 13^th minute. The Gunners seemed primed to win the match with the game heading to a close. However, Jorginho equalised the scores in the 83^rd minute before Tammy Abraham scored the winner 4 minutes later to fashion a sensational victory.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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