KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New season, more drama, same outcome.

The Chiefs began Thursday night by unfurling another Super Bowl championship banner — their third in five years — in front of a raucous crowd at Arrowhead Stadium and ended it with a 27-20 victory over the Ravens in a rematch of last season’s AFC championship game. And just like when the teams last met at M&T Bank Stadium in January, Baltimore hung around until the end, with another call in the end zone that didn’t go their way and more silly and self-inflicted wounds that proved too much to overcome against the two-time defending champions.

Still, the Ravens had their chances — until they ran out of them.

In the first showdown of players who have each won at least two NFL Most Valuable Player Awards to kick off a season, quarterback Lamar Jackson, incredibly, kept Baltimore within reach until the game’s final play. With the clock expiring and the Ravens needing a touchdown from 10 yards out, he found Isaiah Likely in the back of the end zone for leaping grab between two defenders. Although it was initially ruled a catch, the celebration was short-lived after the call was overturned by replay, which showed the tight end’s toe ever so slightly out of bounds.

“I thought it was a touchdown,” Jackson said. “Still think it was a touchdown. … I stand on that.”

Instead, it was the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes who were the ones who standing victorious again.

For the fifth time in six meetings between the two quarterbacks, Kansas City came out on top. And it felt like deja vu, with the Ravens’ own mistakes putting them in a hole from which they could not escape.

Baltimore committed seven penalties, four of which were on a revamped and inexperienced offensive line for illegal formation for lining up in the backfield, a point of emphasis for officials this season after Chiefs tackle Jawaan Taylor was often criticized for doing so last season but not flagged for it. Three of Thursday night’s calls were against Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley, who was critical of the officiating afterward.

“I really feel like they were just trying to make an example and they chose me to be the one to do that,” he said. “As far as I saw, they weren’t doing it on both sides of the ball and I know that I was lined up in good position the majority of those calls they made.”

Jackson said the penalties were “very frustrating,” while Ravens coach John Harbaugh was likewise unhappy with how the illegal formation penalties were officiated.

“They put a thing out that they said they were going to call that differently,” he said. “ [Not] understanding how differently, we were the first offensive series of the season with that, and I think they saw probably everybody watching it. It’ll be interesting to see if they call it the same way the whole season.”

Stanley, a nine-year veteran, added there was “plenty of dialogue” with officials during the game.

“They just kept saying, ‘You need to move up.’ And I’m like, ‘How much more do I need to move up?’ ” he said. “It’s not my first year playing in this league. I know where to line up and I was lining up a lot ahead of of where I usually do. I know my helmet was breaking the center’s butt. … It’s their call to make, but like I said, I think they were trying to make an example out of me.

“It definitely hindered us as an offense. There’s a lot of big plays that were made that we had to come back and we were able to overcome a lot of those things.”