The attacking duo, great mates of course, lined up in adjacent number ten roles behind Joao Pedro. The positional fluidity Xabi Alonso affords to his team meant Rogers, Palmer and Joao Pedro were regularly popping up all over the park.

Indeed, if you look at our opening goal on Saturday, Rogers and Joao Pedro are in central striking positions ready to attack Pedro Neto’s inswinging cross. The Brazilian meets it, with Rogers on hand to gobble up the loose ball and open his Blues account.

Rogers was nominally positioned on the left of that trio, but for the goal had manoeuvred himself to the right of Joao Pedro, with Palmer lurking behind them.

It was an early example of how Rogers and Palmer work in tandem. They may be ostensibly similar players who play in similar positions, but Rogers knows the key to making the most of his and Palmer’s varied assets.

‘By helping each other,’ he says. ‘We have different qualities, different ways of playing the game and affecting games. Playing off each other and helping each other's strengths and weaknesses can work.

‘We do a lot of things that are different. Ultimately, it's about scoring and creating and linking the game. We do that in our own different ways.

‘And even if it might be more of a game suited for one than the other, we can still have our impact. It's about helping each other with the rest of the team, learning off each other and trying to get the best version of Chelsea as possible.’

That attitude is central to Rogers’ thinking about his own role, too. We have seen him thrive during his time at Aston Villa in different positions: as a number ten, an eight, and on the flanks.

Wherever Alonso chooses to deploy him in Chelsea blue, Rogers is solely focused on maximising his output for the greater good.

‘I can play in a number of positions and that's probably a strength of mine,’ says the 24-year-old.

‘I can adapt and give managers a different outlook on different positions. I've always grown up being that way. Understanding the game and learning the game and enjoying it and loving it as much as I do, I never wanted to be bogged down to one position or one attribute. Being versatile helps me.

Rogers adds: ‘It's a team game, it's 11 players on the pitch, and whatever role I'm given and whatever the manager and other players want from me, I'm going to do to the best of my ability. I’m not a player that gets bogged down having to be the guy to score or assist.

‘As long as I'm contributing and creating and providing or doing whatever's necessary to score and to win, that's all I care about.’

As one of the most eye-catching transfers of the summer so far, Rogers’ move from the West Midlands to west London inevitably comes with additional expectations, particularly from outside observers.

Rogers is calm at that prospect, though, and ready to meet the challenge head-on.

‘Pressure brings excitement,’ he says. ‘I think if you're not playing for anything, that excitement, that buzz, that feeling, isn't there. To play with that pressure and that feeling is only going to help.

‘I'm looking forward to it. I'm excited. I let other people talk about stuff like that off the pitch.

'I'm just going to show what I can do on the pitch and why I'm here and why I should be here, and how I can influence and help the team and impact games. That’s all I'm here to do.’

We don’t have long to wait now until we see Rogers put that perspective into practice.