Chelsea return to the zenith of English football after winning their seventh game on the trot away to Middlesbrough and Sunderland move off the foot of the table after hammering Hull.

It’s worth remembering that before the Premier League went all Sleeping Beauty and allowed Leicester City to win the thing, Chelsea was the Daddy. And with the madness of that year rinsed from our souls, Chelsea are back looking all boss-like.

Antonio Conte’s side glided to the top of the Premier League after beating Middlesbrough by a goal to nil at The Riverside Stadium. The victory was Chelsea’s sixth on the spin, scoring 17-times, and keeping a clean sheet in every single one of them.

It might have been a game that was settled by a single goal. However, Chelsea never looked likely to leave with anything other than three points and a seat on the throne of the greatest league in the world.