Romelu Lukaku, making his first home appearance since his return to the club, scored two fine goals either side of an opportunist effort from Mateo Kovacic as both players registered their first-ever goals at Stamford Bridge.
Ten-player Chelsea impressively battled to a rare Stamford Bridge win on Sunday, with their action-packed 3-2 victory over Brighton lifting them back into the top half of the Premier League table.
Remy Cabella gave the visitors a deserved lead in the 24th minute with a fine effort past Kepa Arrizabalaga, but Chelsea hit back four minutes later from the penalty spot through Jorginho.
Fulham delivered a stoppage-time hammer blow to Chelsea's Premier League title aspirations with Rodrigo Muniz's last-gasp finish grabbing a 2-1 win and a first victory at Stamford Bridge for the Cottagers since 1979.
The Spaniard waited around by the tunnel to give all of his former team-mates a hug, having also received a standing ovation from both sets of supporters after being substituted. Lovely stuff.
The veteran singer, shared a clip of himself at the Chelsea Megastore singing – although it looks as if those around him don’t appreciate his antics. “up blues showkey at chelsea @chelseafc,” he captioned on his Instagram page.
Michy Batshuayi scored a hat-trick as Chelsea eased past Championship side Nottingham Forest to book a place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. Brazilian winger Kenedy tapped home to make it 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
In the second-half, Werder Bremen's Lennart Thy scored to make it 3-2 but Pedro wrapped up the victory in the dying moments. Chelsea start their Premier League campaign against West Ham on August 15 at Stamford Bridge.
Cole Palmer's first-half penalty gave Chelsea a narrow win over West London rivals Fulham at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Palmer's reverse pass set up Raheem Sterling, who was caught by Issa Diop inside the penalty area.
The midfielder, who netted his first UCL goal during Chelsea's 3-1 defeat of Sporting Lisbon in October 2014 at the Stamford Bridge, only have to play a couple of games to become the Nigerian player with highest appearance in the European competition