Cesc Fabregas's assist for Chelsea vs Burnley: The best in Premier League history?

Happy 35th birthday, Cesc Fabregas.

Now plying his trade in Monaco, enjoying the Autumn of his career in one of the world’s finest destinations, Fabregas was a force at his peak.

It’s not outlandish to suggest that he was the best midfielder in the world at one point.

Snapped up as a teenager by Arsenal, the La Masia starlet surprisingly found a way into the first-team in 2003, at just 16 years old. Rubbing shoulders with Patrick Vieira et al, the young Spaniard blossomed over the coming years and turned into one of the Premier League’s finest assets, marshalling games on his own and playing passes that nobody else could spot with the naked eye.

Of course, with that notoriety comes interest, and by 2011, Barcelona wanted their star boy back for good. After a three-year stint in Catalonia, where he rotated with arguably the greatest midfield trio ever, Fabregas returned to England with Chelsea in 2014.

Two Premier Leagues, an FA Cup, an EFL Cup and a Europa League later, it turned out to be the correct decision. His time donning the blue of London at Stamford Bridge was a blessing for the English top-flight. Somehow even more refined, Fabregas’ playmaking abilities were often second to none, spotting obscene passes like its nothing and subsequently splitting open defences like a hot knife through butter.

Currently the player with the second-most assists in Premier League history with a nauseating 111, there’s plenty that stand out as incredible, but one in particular that might well be the best assist the league will ever see, which has resurfaced online as fans celebrate his birthday.

Better yet, it came on his Premier League debut for Chelsea in August 2014, away to Burnley.

The first of two that day, Fabregas