N’Golo Kante makes full recovery from injury as he plays first game for Chelsea in behind closed door friendly (Photos)

N'Golo Kante's return to Chelsea after a friendly game has helped the team.

The French international took the field for the first time since suffering an injury a year earlier.

N'Golo Kante reportedly played for 60 minutes in a friendly match this afternoon that was held behind closed doors as he nears a Chelsea comeback.

In a friendly match on Friday afternoon, goals from Dion Rankine, Silko Thomas, and Malik Mothersille helped Chelsea academy  team defeat Charlton Athletic 3-0.

After Kante's hamstring injury against Tottenham Hotspur kept him out for seven months, the Blues have been without him since mid-August.

Due to the injury, the former Leicester City midfielder was unable to participate in France's World Cup campaign in Qatar in 2022.

The return of the Chelsea midfielder, who has been much missed, will give Graham Potter's team a major boost as the Premier League season nears its conclusion.

Despite the fact that N'Golo has been working out with the team for a few weeks now, he will try to make further progress in the days to come before the rest of the team returns from the current international break early next week.

Chelsea will meet Aston Villa in a Premier League match on Saturday, April 1, after returning from international duty.