I agree entirely with regards to Chelsea. But the exact same thing happened against Burnley, Southampton and Fulham in recent weeks. Even Millwall. We shouldn't be losing the midfield battle to those teams quite so easily as we have.
Ultimately, that is where we keep being found out. Slow, lacking adventure, can't make simple passes stick too often. Our best chance when the game was still alive was first half when Bissouma showed a bit of endeavour and got forward, but too often recently those three of Bissouma, Stephens and...