Maurizio Sarri tripped on a water bottle in the first half and his players very nearly fell flat on their backsides in the second. That they all stayed on their feet long enough to win must be a huge relief after the week Chelsea have had.
The behaviour of their supporters at two matches in the previous eight days meant this one was only ever going to be partly about the football. But on that front, they just about got it done.
Not brilliant, not awful, not entirely convincing but nothing dropped, nothing lost. No points got away, no buffoons broke loose and started sharing their warped views of the world, as far as we currently know.