Chelsea's chaotic start to life under Xabi Alonso continued with an entertaining 2-2 draw against Hull at Stamford Bridge.

It was a pattern that has become familiar in the early weeks of the season as the home side took the lead early on through Morgan Rogers and appeared to be cruising until another defensive implosion saw them give up command of the game and gift two goals to Hull's Mohamed Belloumi.

The first came after 28 minutes when Malo Gusto and Jorrel Hato each failed to take control of what should have been a simple mop-up job, allowing the Algerian winger to hammer in his first Premier League goal.

Emiliano Martínez then failed to deal with a corner and Belloumi drilled in via a deflection to put Sergej Jakirovic's side on course for another upset at half-time.

Chelsea tottered having again chucked away control of a match before their attacking prowess finally came to the fore once more to stave off an embarrassing home defeat.

Cole Palmer was again their saviour. He found space to dig out a cross for João Pedro to rifle home midway through the second half and spare Alonso's blushes.

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Chelsea kept up their useful habit of scoring early. After seven minutes, Palmer fed Pedro, who swivelled and moved the ball to Rogers in space on the left. It was then far too simple a matter of Rogers skipping around Regan Slater and drilling beyond Konstantinos Tzolakis at his near post.

It took just one Hull attack for Chelsea's vulnerabilities to be exposed.

Gusto was hesitant in dealing with a long ball into the corner, then made a feeble attempt to prevent Ryan Giles from hoisting it into the box. Hato seemed not to know whether to attack the ball or to drop. He did neither and, as the ball bounced over him, Belloumi arrived to thump in the equaliser.

Only a good low stop from Martinez kept Giles from giving Hull the lead, but again Chelsea's defensive shape was awful. They would be made to pay almost immediately.

Semi Ajayi headed the resulting corner against the bar with Martinez flailing and the ball came out to Belloumi, whose driven effort was deflected in.

Chelsea had by now let in 12 goals in Alonso's five-and-a-half matches in charge.

Equally alarming was that frailties at the back appeared to be undermining efforts elsewhere on the pitch. The midfield became a wild free for all and the fluidity in attack turned to misplaced passes seeking out mistimed runs.

Reece James' free-kick hit a post as Chelsea rallied in the second half.

Hull then lost Nobel Mendy following a clash of heads as he bravely prevented a certain goal for Pedro at the back post.

Martinez, signed to bring an end to the Blues' goalkeeping headache, spilled a straightforward shot from Slater, recovering just sufficiently to toe the rebound away from Oli McBurnie.

It fell to Palmer to drag Chelsea from their hole. It was his run to the byline and cut-back that found Pedro in space to hammer into the roof of the net for 2-2.

Tzolakis denied Rogers, who got in behind from Palmer's pass, then at the other end Martinez dived at the feet of Mohamed-Ali Cho, who should have won it for Hull.