Wearing the new Club World Cup winners badge, Chelsea was held to a scoreless draw at home against Crystal Palace, looking less than lively in their opening match. West Ham, which has spent more than $90 million to upgrade the team this summer, was crushed 3-0 by newly-promoted Sunderland.

And then Chelsea turned up the style and the quality, and scored twice in two minutes: JP setting up Pedro Neto for 2-1 and Estêvão, starting on shortest notice for the injured Cole Palmer, putting it on a plate for Enzo.