Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland (Garnacho 4’ | Isidor 22’, Talbi 90+3)

STAMFORD BRIDGE — As Chemsdine Talbi wheeled into the away end, “we’re going to win the league” ringing around Stamford Bridge, Sunderland marked the best start by a newly promoted Premier League side in 17 years.

The naysaying about their flying form has felt a little ungenerous. They did not generate their own fixture list. The suggestion had been that they hadn’t faced a half-decent side yet – that is no longer true.

The other thing to be said for Regis Le Bris, given the intransigence of so many of his Premier League contemporaries , is that he was happy to bet the house on a new system when the real tests began at Chelsea.

The back five

Nordi Mukiele has arguably been the best centre-back in the country this seaso

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