For many people, Liverpool's 4-3 victory over Arsenal was an opening-day Premier League classic. It had all the excitement that is associated with the English top flight, an abundance of skill on show and enough goals to satisfy the shortest of attention spans.
It also exposed the shortcomings in a league where defending is becoming a lost art and pointed to the paucity of on-field leadership at two of England's biggest clubs.
Last season, Leicester City won the title with a gameplan based around a rugged, unspectacular back four, a midfield who worked to screen those behind them and a rapid-response counterattack.