Premier League 2017/18: 5 talking points from gameweek two's action 

#3 Chelsea show why they are defending champions

Marcos Alonso's double strike helped the defending champions get their first points of the season

I must be pleased. I want to thank my players. Every one. Because they showed me great desire, great spirit, great will, great heart, great will to fight: Antonio Conte

Antonio Conte's Chelsea was an absolute beast last season. The team won the Premier League by a considerable degree of difference and completed its dream run on a high.

The dream shattered and The Blues came crashing down in their very first game of this season. They were reduced to nine men on field and lost to the 3-2 to Burnley Football Club.

Conte has already lost Nemanja Mati? to rivals Manchester United in the transfer window this season, while Diego Costa might soon follow suit. Chelsea's reliables, Eden Hazard and Pedro, are also not fit step on to the field. Álvaro Morata has been their signing of the season, didn't even get a start until the Tottenham game this week.

Going to Wembley with so many issues tugging at their very life, it looked difficult for Chelsea to even get a point off the away feature. What followed was a sheer demonstration of what makes them the defending champions.

Marcos Alonso scored his second goal of the night in the 88th minute of the match, just 6 minutes after Michy Batshuayi netted an own goal that helped the Spurs to tie the scoreline.

Chelsea were pushed into a tight corner and were up against the team that was their closest contender to the title last year. They were reeling from a shock loss and hurting with the absence of key individuals.

However, they somehow found a way to come out on top of the encounter, that too on away turf. Sounds like the work of a champion team, doesn't it?