The Blues were beaten 3-0 at Elland Road despite registering more shots and edging the possession statistics, with the key differential being the home side’s ability to turn moments of danger into opportunities and then convert their chances.

Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel spoke in the build-up about his side’s need to accept mistakes against the intense style of Leeds, however the boss would not have been referring to the sort of errors that contributed to the goals, which he described afterwards as ‘gifts’ to the hosts.

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Persistent press

The first half was frantic, frenetic and an enthralling watch, with both teams pressing high and with impressive energy in the opening stages. Turnovers were common and the midfield battleground became a hive of hectic activity as players hurtled after the ball, leaving those in possession with little time to process or ponder.

An indication of this and how the visitors struggled in the face of such chaos can be seen in the pass completion statistics, which for many were way down on last weekend’s draw with Tottenham.

Kalidou Koulibaly (74 per cent), Conor Gallagher (77 per cent), Jorginho (79 per cent), Marc Cucurella and Mason Mount (both 67 per cent) were all susceptible, more erroneous than seven days previously when those numbers were in the mid-to-high 80 per cents.

So often the metronomic controller in midfield, Jorginho had just 37 touches in his 64 minutes of action, again revealing in terms of who and what Leeds targeted with their press.

Concerning concessions

This was just the third occasion that Tuchel’s Chelsea have shipped three goals in a game and that leakiness, while perhaps not completely unexpected given the turnover in defensive personnel this summer, will be a concern to the boss.

Brenden Aaronson’s opener was inexplicable but another set-piece concession was highlighted by the boss afterwards as a worry.

Five goals conceded in our first three games is as many as we let in across the opening 13 matches last season. Meanwhile, in Tuchel’s 60th Premier League match we reached 51 goals conceded in that time – 17 of those coming in the first 30 games and exactly twice as many (34) in the last 30 matches.

Chances go begging

Raheem Sterling and Mason Mount appeared to be at the heart of our positive attacking play, with the former going close inside the opening minute and seeing another fine goal chalked off for a marginal offside call.

Mount, meanwhile, brought a good save from Illan Meslier in the Leeds goal, one of just three shots on target from the Blues all afternoon (the others came from defenders Reece James and Koulibaly).

No Chelsea player made more than Mount’s four key passes in the game and only Ruben Loftus-Cheek at right wing-back made more successful dribbles, though he once again dovetailed with James as highlighted in the latter’s heat map above.

Sterling’s touch map shows his tendency to drift left and the England international proved to be our most creative spark in finding pockets of space on the half-turn, though once again this did not translate into enough clear-cut chances or goals.

Down the other end, our backline was constantly put under stress, with the three centre-backs winning 12 aerial duels and making 10 interceptions between them.