EXPLOSIVE, captivating, combustible. Choose your adjective after an incident-packed match full of mayhem and chaos in N17. 

For this was the Premier League in a microcosm, an enthralling, maddening, glorious contradiction. A relentlessly action-packed match with controversial incidents and enough talking points to last a full season. 

In a thrilling game under the lights in front of 61,726 spectators on Monday evening, Ange Postocoglu’s side lost their unbeaten record, and their heads, after Chelsea beat them 4-1, ruining their best start to a season since 1960-61.