The Premier League has for long been one of Europe's best Leagues and also they have had a huge number of World Class players but today we are going to base just on the midfield and see the Best midfield Duos of all time in the Premier League.
So just continue reading down this post as we look forward to answering the question of the best midfield partnerships in the Premier League history.
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Best Midfield Partnerships in the history of the Premier League
Assist Kings. Leaders, goalscorers and World Cup winners, they are all among in this post base on all time best midfield partnerships of the Premier League.
Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso- Liverpool
Not only in the history of the Premier League, Steven Gerard is truely one of the best midfielders in the history of football. Also not forgetting Xabi Alonso who is also a great player in the midfield and the partnership among this players at their time in Liverpool will surely be never forgotten.
Even though it is not good news that this pair never a won a Premier League title, but their and their styles of play in the midfield especially how they complimented each other was mesmerizing to observe.
Both midfielders were complete midfielders and had almost thesame and comprehensif way of play but with Xabi Alonso having a little more defensive responsibilities than Steven Gerard.
Xabi Alonso joined Liverpool in the year 2004 and played for the Reds till the year 2009 and he came in as perfect match for the replacement of the Dieter Hamann who also played in the midfield with Steven Gerard.
Xabi Alonso played for 5 years at the club and during this period, they won an FA Cup as well as a Champions League title which gives them most credit of their amazing partnership.
So it is of no doubt that base on the stats above , the pair is considered as one of the best midfields duo in football history and also the pair once helped Liverpool to mount a great title challenge in the last year of Xabi ALonso at the club but they ended up loosing it to Manchester United.
Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho- Manchester City
But in this post we will base on the clubs Fortress which lies at its midfield, the partnership between Fernandinho and Kevin de Bruyne especially even though that of Fernandinho was also outstanding and these two are considered as one of the best midfield duos ever in the Premier League.
Becuase of the number years that Kevin de Bruyne has played alongside Fernandinho and their potential to win the first ever Champions League title for the club, we have selected their pair.
When the Belgian Kevin De Brutne plays in the midfield along side Fernandinho, De Buyne takes care of the attacking part while Fernandnho sits back as a defensive midfielder and they all played their roles on the pitch perfectly well.
And guess what made them even better? Guardiola cause of his tactical intelligences and positioning and after the two players adjusted to Pep's tactics, they assisted the Citizens in winning a historical Premier League with 100 points.
Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho definitely deserve their spot on this list cause they have helped Manchester City win 3 Premier League titles , 4 League Cups and An FA Cup as well and not forgetting their most credible achievement of reaching the Champions League final this season.
David Becham, Ryan Giggs- Manchester United
Can you just imagine what happens when you put Premier League's most decorated player and the best assist maker? its surely amazing and full of spetacular moments with great output. David Beckam who is player widely known for his fantastic crosses and long balls on accross the pitch along side Ryan Giggs you probably get the best midfield partnerships of the Premier League era and this is also one of the reasons why Manchester United won several titles and most especially their famous treble.
Ryan Giggs and David Becham are products of the Manchester United's youth academy and also members of the famous class of 92, the two players when far as establishing themselves as World class players and as early as they were 20 years they started hitting their best.#
Their duo at Manchester United yielded a good umber of titles as they helped the red devils to win 6 Premier League titles, 2 FA Cups and a Champions League title achieved at the end of a memorable and historic trebble.
In the year 2003, David when to join the Spanish club Real Madrid where he also had a successful careeras well as in USA, ITALY and France while Ryan Giggs stayed at Manchester United and became the Premier League most successful player with a record win of 13 titles and also setting the record of the League's best assist maker with 164.
But surely the two players played their very best during the time that they played togeteher at Manchester United.
Franck Lampard, Michael Essien - Chelsea
When you join a player like Franck Lampard who is so intelligent in the midfield and potent moving forward and another player like Michael Essien who is powerful, disciplined and also tactically stable in defending at the midfield, you probably get the best duo in the midfield and this is consistently what happened when the Manager Jose Mourinho paired these two players in the midfield and eventually formed one of the best midfield partnership of the Premier League and this marked Chelsea's new era of Glory.
Frank Lampard alone is considered to be one of the best ever midfielders in modern football and surely with no doubt, we can say that the best partnership he ever had at Chelsea was the one with the African player Michael Essien and together they won 2 Premier Leagues, 4 FA Cups , a League Cup and a Champions League title.
N'golo Kante and surely any other midfielder
the last but not the least on our list is Ngolo Kante who played amateur football untill his age of 21 years before he emerged into professional football and since then he has amazed many football fans with his style of play and the efforts he makes on the pitch.
Kante played for a single season in France and later on joined Leicester in the Premier League in the 2014-2015 season and alongside Danny Drinkwater, he brought more strength, stability and fight to the team and that is just what they needed since they had great power upfront.
And in the 2nd season of Ngolo Kante, Leicester finished Premier League Champions for their very first time in the history of the club.
In the summer of that season, he helped France to reach the final of the Euro before he then joined Chelsea and along side with Nemanja Matic in the midfield, he helped Chelsea to win the Premier League title. And at the international level, Kante also played a great role to help France win the World Cup 2018.
So just looking at his style of play and presence every where on pitch, we can say that Ngolo Knate along side any other descent midefilder can team up and make one of the best midfields partnership in Premier League history.
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