There were plenty of times he was dribbled past when prime Kante wouldn't have been. All ignored.
Then he makes a simple tackle and it's "that's what he does, best in the world!". He made some good recoveries but it wasn't prime Kante that we were lucky enough to see imo.
Rice's stats were also very good in the same role, but this board in general loves bashing England.
https://onefootball.com/en/news/bukayo-saka-was-great-in-englands-win-over-serbia-but-declan-rice-was-even-better-39637894