How much can you miss a player who hasn’t scored a goal in 10 matches, nor set one up in three months? On this evidence, still quite a lot.
Playing without Cole Palmer for the first time in the Premier League all season, Chelsea were held at arm’s length by an Arsenal side who, with their own attacking struggles, declared early on the 1-0 lead forged by Mikel Merino’s set-piece header and never looked like setting it slip.
