Chelsea begin the Alonso era with a quality win! Fulham actually turned up to this one, giving Arbeloa a chance to show what he’s worth in the league. A lot of this though came too little too late, mainly as Chelsea mostly controlled the match. Chelsea may have shown brilliant attacking play, but their defence is still lacking. Sanchez’s goalkeeping in particular nearly costing them the match. If they want to push for the title or Champions League places this year, they will need to sort out the issues at the back. Arsenal still look like the favourites after GW1. With the best of the rest though, I’d say Chelsea are showing what they are made of to put a stake in the claim for that.