This match was enjoyable, even if the individual displays were perhaps a little shambolic at times. If we took away one thing from Saturday’s contest between these London rivals, it’s that both Chelsea and Arsenal are some way off challenging for the title.

More wayward defending of the likes they served up could dent their aspirations this season even this early on in their respective campaigns.

It took a late winner from full-back Marcos Alonso to divide these teams as Chelsea, champions of two seasons ago, added this victory to the one over Huddersfield Town on the first weekend.