Sunderland 1 Chelsea 3:

Smiling: Fernando Torres' delight was evident as he struck for the first time in the top flight since October

MATCH FACTS

Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley (Colback 66), Cuellar, O'Shea, Rose, Johnson, Gardner, Larsson (Saha 81), McClean, Sessegnon, Wickham.

Subs not used: Westwood, Campbell, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Bramble.

Booked: Gardner.

Goal: Johnson 66.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Ramires, Romeu (Oscar 20), Mata, Moses (Bertrand 61), Hazard (Lampard 79), Torres.

Subs not used: Turnbull, Ferreira, Marin, Azpilicueta.

Booked: Ivanovic, Ramires, Mata.

Goals: Torres 11, 45, Mata 49.

Att: 39,272.

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).

Emphatic: Torres sees his early volley fly in

How's that? Torres fizzes in the first goal

Spot on: Torres fires home a penalty to double Chelsea's lead

Thump: Seb Larsson brings down Ramires clumsily to concede the penalty

Three and easy: Juan Mata follows up a Torres effort which hit the bar to bag the third

Off form: Adam Johnson scored but otherwise had a quiet day

Pressure: Martin O'Neill is enduring a tough time at Sunderland this season

Party time: Chelsea players celebrate as they secured what proved to be a comfortable win

Instead, it was all about Fernando.

Back in business: Rafael Benitez enjoyed his first win in the top flight as Chelsea boss

Happy times: Victor Moses celebrates with Torres who played with more conviction than of late

Fire in his belly: Torres contesting for the rights to take the spot kick with defender Luiz - who scored one in midweek