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Published 18:00 22 Aug 2022 BST
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Frank Lampard of Chelsea (R) celebrates with his team mate Michael Essien in 2006. (Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images)[/caption]
"A player that played at a top Premier League club and didn't get the plaudits of others was Michael Essien at Chelsea, in those first two or three years. "The impact he had on that team, from his running ability, the energy from midfield, balancing of Frank Lampard, I thought Essien was a brilliant player."https://twitter.com/Fentuo_/status/1560605932983402496 While Michael Essien did get plenty of credit when he was at Chelsea, Gary Neville does have a good point about him possibly being under the radar. Essien was never voted onto a Premier League team of the year, or never won an individual accolade like player of the month. He was voted Chelsea's player of the year in 2007, but that wider league acknowledgement was not forthcoming. As for Carragher, he named former Liverpool teammate Michael Owen as a player that perhaps does not get the credit his form, at his peak, merited.

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