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Ainsley Maitland-Nilesleft Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens rooted to the spot in the sixth minute of added time at the Hull Dicknson Stadium on Sunday when he curled an unstoppable effort into the net to deny the visitors a first away win of the season.

Michael Carrick's side looked set to seal all three points at Everton for the second consecutive season after Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko scored either side of Tyrique George firing the Toffees level.

But Maitland-Niles' first Premier League strike since December 2019 maintained Everton's unbeaten start to the season at the end of a turbulent week on Merseyside.

From dogged defence and gritty determination, let's move on to stunning debut goals, shall we?

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Arsenal’s first Premier League title for 22 years was built on their brilliant defence that conceded just 27 goals and topped almost every statistic and metric going.

Despite being without a key part of that machine in William Saliba, Mikel Arteta’s back four have seamlessly continued where they left off so far. They’ve won their opening three games of a top-flight campaign while also conceding fewer than two goals for only the third time in their history after 1924-25 and their Invincibles season of 2003-04.

Although they were finally breeched by Morgan Rogers’ second-minute volley in their win over Chelsea yesterday, the Blues could not find another way through and ended the game with an xG of just 0.35.

It took the Gunners’ average xG conceded per game this season to a remarkably low 0.31.

Arteta's side have also not received a red card or faced a penalty in any of their last 43 top-flight games.

With new signing Ezri Konsa slotting in nicely on his full debut the signs are looking ominous for their title rivals.

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At the risk of being branded a party pooper, I think we can probably say that Hull City will have to go some to match Arsenal's defensive stats come the end of the season...

You know, I had to click on this link to double check Mark's stat, but it's true.

Amazing stuff. Hull City, we salute you!

Next up...Chelsea away, this season's irresistible force meets the immovable object.

I guess the takeaway from this could be that Arsenal have conceded their first goal in the Premier League this season.

Cue Mark in Stafford...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta puffed his cheeks before his interview with BBC's Match of the Day, in recognition of the stern test his side had come through against a Chelsea side he acknowledges were set up well by his good friend Xabi Alonso.

Here is what he said about Arsenal winning their first three league matches while conceding only one goal: "We are very happy and we need to continue to raise the bar and look to improve every single time because there are still a lot of margins to do so. We need to enjoy the victory because it was a big one today."

Something tells me we are not going to reach a consensus on this one.

Keep your views coming and we will publish a cross section throughout the morning.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta did not speak on this, but he did look a relieved man in his post-match interview with BBC's Match of the Day...

Former England international Ashley Young was in agreement with Wayne Rooney and said Arsenal defender Gabriel "got away with one" when he was not punished after kicking Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in the head.

Speaking on Match of the Day 2, Young said: "The ball is on the floor there and you see Martinez has got it in his hands, but Gabriel kicks so high and kicks him in the head.

"I'm not sure why it's not gone to VAR and they've looked at it properly and studied it because he is nowhere near the ball so I think he has got away with one there."

What do you think folks?

Should Gabriel have been punished?

Was Arsenal's Brazil defender lucky not to have been shown a red card, as Wayne Rooney suggests?

Or maybe at least a booking?

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Could things have been different for Chelsea, though, on Sunday?

Match of the Day pundit Wayne Rooney says Arsenal defender Gabriel was fortunate to stay on the pitch after his challenge on Chelsea' goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

The incident came as Chelsea were defending a free-kick, with Gabriel and Martinez both on the ground in the following scramble.

Gabriel swung his leg, but missed the ball completely and booted Martinez in the head.

Gabriel did not even get booked for the incident.

The joy of watching a Premier League weekend after your team does the business early doors. Monday brings with it the knowledge that it all starts afresh now Chrissy...

Let's hear from Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso.

He told BBC Match of the Day about how it "hurts" to lose his first league game since taking charge at Stamford Bridge.

Remember, Alonso led Bayer Leverkusen to the Bundesliga title without suffering a single league defeat - he really does not like to lose:

"The assessment and the feeling [is that] it hurts. It hurts to lose. It hurts to suffer our first defeat. It has been a very intense game, a great fight between two sides who have given everything. They have played with the top level of concentration, of intensity.

"We have tried, we score early, after that Arsenal push us hard and we were struggling a little bit to get control of the ball.

"After the equaliser, it has been quite balanced. We had a couple of chances. It's about details. Once you concede, you need to know it's just one goal. Disappointed that we couldn't take anything from here."

On if it's too early to say whether Chelsea will score a lot but also concede a lot: "It's too early. Time will tell. We want to keep improving in certain areas, we want to keep doing as well as we are doing. Each game is a really hard battle and we have fought really hard up to the last minute in the game. It's very important we have this spirit and the team is feeling this spirit. It gives you the strength to win games."

You know we said earlier that it's not about how you start...

• Chelsea are the first team in Premier League history to score inside the opening five minutes in each of their first three games of the season.

Wayne Rooney told BBC Match of the Day that Chelsea's midfield puzzle is something manager Xabi Alonso has to "figure out":

"Xabi Alonso has got to figure a way out [of Chelsea's midfield problems] while they have got injuries. [Moises] Caicedo is still to come back into the team...so I think he has got to figure it out and find a way.

"They obviously won their first two games of the season but have come up against Arsenal, the champions. They have seen the level they have to get to and I think they were a little bit off that."