Anyone of a Chelsea persuasion will hope not to linger too long on the Blues' 4-0 defeat to Arsenal on Saturday evening. Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Albert Sambi Lokonga ensured Chelsea's tour of the USA ended on a sour note with Thomas Tuchel's side unable to build on their opening victory over Club America.
It was a simple assessment from the Chelsea boss: "I think we deserved to lose – which is fair enough – because we were simply not good enough. We were absolutely not competitive. The worrying part is the level of commitment, physically and mentally, for this match was not the same, it was far higher for Arsenal than us."
With less than two weeks remaining until the start of the Premier League season it would have been reassuring to see a more accomplished performance. Nevertheless there is a lot that can be learned from the 90 minutes and what Tuchel had to say following the game at the Camping World Stadium,
