Enzo Maresca has been quick to pour cold water on their Premier League title hopes this term, which come after a perhaps unexpectedly strong start to the campaign.
Following two seasons of inconsistency and uncertainty at Stamford Bridge - under Graham Potter, Frank Lampard and Mauricio Pochettino - Maresca appears to have turned a corner in west London.
His Chelsea side are currently level on points - and indeed have an identical record after 13 games - with Arsenal, who are ahead in second purely by virtue of having been the away side in their 1-1 draw earlier in the campaign.