Chelsea began the new season with a 2-2 draw with Swansea in a game that saw goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off.

Chelsea started the defence of their Premier League title against Swansea, a side who have impressed in recent times. Despite taking an early lead through Oscar, the Swans equalised through debutant Andre Ayew. The visitors were level for just 90 seconds though as Federico Fernandez put through his own net.

The game took a turn when Courtois was shown a straight red for a foul on Bafetimbi Gomis, denying a clear goalscoring opportunity. Gomis then equalised past substitute keeper Asmir Begovic from the resulting penalty to complete the scoring.

Jose Mourinho picked a similar looking side to the one that played last season, but gave everyone a surprise by naming Diego Costa in his line-up after earlier claiming the striker was still struggling with the hamstring injury that ruled him out of the Community Shield. Costa had a relatively quiet game, and was soon partnered with Falcao up front.

Chelsea’s performance seemed very lax, something that was picked up on by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp.

“Swansea got in so many times behind the defence. The Chelsea defending was lax, it wasn’t sharp, it wasn’t aggressive. It’s the first day of the season so we don’t want to get too carried away but, in terms of the champions, that was as poor a performance as you could see. Chelsea scored nine goals against Swansea last season but today the body language didn’t seem right. It seemed very flat.” said Redknapp.

Here’s how we rated the Chelsea players – all ratings are scored out of 10:

Courtois – 5 (Begovic – 7)

Ivanovic – 6.5

Cahill – 7

Terry – 6.5

Azpilicueta – 6.5

Matic – 7

Fabregas – 6.5 (Zouma – 6)

Willian – 6.5 (Falcao – 6)

Oscar – 7.5

Hazard – 7.5

Costa – 6.5