Fernando Torres continues his magic as he provided an assist that led to an Andre Schurrle goal and scored the decider himself against Manchester City on Gameweek 8 of the English Premier League.

Blues boss Jose Mourinho was all praises about the striker who found it difficult to justify his £50 million price tag since coming on from Liverpool in 2011.

Mourinho seems to be the answer that Torres has been waiting for to revitalise his dismal spell at Stamford Bridge.

"The fans were amazing and supported him a lot, they see the way he works for the team, he's sharp and powerful and we were happy for him," Mourinho told chelseafc.com.

"We are all happy because it's a very important victory against a team we couldn't beat last year, we played against them lots of times, even in friendlies, and couldn't beat them. In the first half we played so well against a good team."

Torres worked hard to earn the Portuguese's trust and confidence.

"He's responsible because he's worked very hard since I arrived, since the first day. Sometimes he was on the bench, sometimes he wasn't selected or I left him at home, so credit to him."

"With me, I only have good memories of Fernando, I know it's only a short time, three or four months. A missed goal doesn't matter, he was there fighting for it, our team isn't physical, we need his physicality."

"The people playing behind him; Schurrle is fragile, Juan is little, Oscar is fragile, Hazard is little. You see City, even Aguero, he's the little one but he's a powerful tank, so we need Fernando, he gives us a lot. After that, if he scores or doesn't score it's okay, we know we can count on him."

Mourinho revealed that he did not change anything tactically as the game was progressing and relied on his players' sharpness as a result of training.

"I did nothing, it would be easy for me to say I did this or I did that but I did nothing. We work with our methodology which we believe improves players through sharpness and speed over the first 15-20 metres.

"You can see that with the way John (Terry) is playing, he looks light and sharp. It's a methodology which helps the players, we work in high intensity over short periods and that helps them become sharp."

Meanwhile, Mourinho's celebration after the Torres goal caused a bit of a stir as he went towards the crowd behind City's dug-out, which he says was made in good faith as he wanted to celebrate with his son who was a part of the crowd.

"I promise that I went for him. But this is the drama of the last minute.," Mourinho told dailymail.co.uk.

"Last year I beat Man City in the last minute in Madrid, I slid on my knees, I destroyed my trousers."

"This is the emotion of the game. If they believe that my son is there, great. If they don't believe, I apologise if they feel that I did something wrong."