Chelsea slumped to their third Premier League defeat in five games on Saturday 3-1 at Everton as their slow start to the new season continued.
Steven Naismith was the Toffees hero with a hat-trick with Nemanja Matic s stunning 35-yard drive nothing more than a consolation for the London club.
There were plenty of post-match statistics to emphasise the problems facing the defending champions and manager Jose Mourinho.
Here are a selection:
This is the first time that Jose Mourinho has lost two successive Premier League games since May 2006.
In their last seven Premier League games, Chelsea have conceded 16 goals one more than they conceded in the whole of Mourinho’s first Premier League season in charge of the Blues in 2004-05 (15).
The last time that Chelsea had a worse start to a top-flight season was in 1986-87 (three points – P5 W0 D3 L2). They finished that season in 14th position.
Chelsea have already equalled their tally of defeats from the whole of 2014-15 (three) after five games of 2015-16.
Chelsea have lost four of their last seven Premier League games – they had only lost four of their previous 44 PL games before this run.
Cesc Fabregas hasn t scored or assisted in any of his last six Premier League apps – his longest run in the competition without a goal involvement since a nine game run in Jan-Apr 2007.
Steven Naismith has now scored six Premier League goals against Chelsea; four more than against any other side.
Naismith has scored in three different Premier League games against a Jose Mourinho Chelsea side – more often than any other player.
Naismith was the sixth player to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute in a Premier League game and the first since Romelu Lukaku (5-5 v Manchester United) in May 2013.
He also became only the fifth player to score a Premier League hat-trick against Chelsea and the first since Robin van Persie in October 2011.
