If Graham Potter needed a warning of just how poor of a start to a season this has been for Chelsea, they have won three matches from the eight played. They have scored nine goals in that time and conceded 11. This is just the surface of a glum open to the season, though.
Not only were Potter's Brighton above Chelsea with 13 points from six matches - as opposed to the 10 points Thomas Tuchel took from the opening half a dozen - the Seagulls were sitting nicely in the top four and have only lost one of their six, winning four and scoring 11.
Potter is yet to manage a league game for his new side and will have been disappointed with the Champions League debut draw against RB Salzburg that left Chelsea's group stage qualification far from straightforward and he has, other than taking on a hugely talented squad, inherited a mess.
