Sunday 10 September 2017 00:01, UK
A former Leicester player returned to haunt them as Chelsea won 2-1 at the King Power Stadium.
N'Golo Kante, Drinkwater's central-midfield foil during the Foxes' 2015/16 Premier League title-winning season, was his usual energetic, tidy self and capped a typically consistent display with a goal from 25 yards to double Chelsea's lead after Alvaro Morata's opener.
Jamie Vardy pulled one back for the hosts from the penalty spot, but Antonio Conte's team held on for the three points.
Kante made the move to Stamford Bridge last summer and Drinkwater followed him on transfer deadline day last month in a £35m switch.
Drinkwater began on the bench with his prospective £22m replacement, Adrien Silva, sitting in the stands with his future shrouded in uncertainty after FIFA dismissed Leicester's registration of the player because the club missed the transfer-window deadline by 14 seconds.
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