Indeed. I think LVG made a good point, which is that even though we lost our heads (his words) after we conceded the goal, we kept our shape. Although they clearly had a dominant spell for about 10 - 15 minutes after scoring, we weren't being run ragged. We were disciplined, we had people in the right places to avoid being overrun. Indeed LVGs tactics, putting Fellaini on Fabregas, was a masterstroke. It meant that while they were in the ascendency, we stayed in the game.
Compare that with last season when, say, City pressed us in our home game. We were suddenly like keystone cops, running harum scarum around the pitch in a headless chicken fashion, leaving gaping holes everywhere as their lot pulled up a sofa and made themselves at home in our centre circle.
Overall the game struck me as a close one between two teams at a similar level. Chelsea were more streetwise and robust than we are at the moment and dealt with our pressure well on the whole, as befitting a team at least a year ahead in development and one that's super high on confidence this season. But unlike, say, when we beat Arsenal at home last year, this was no smash and grab, and wasn't an underdog's performance.