Resurgent Chelsea eased to a 3-0 victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge Saturday.
The Blues racked up a third win in new boss Graham Potter's four games since replacing the sacked Thomas Tuchel.
Potter made seven changes after the midweek Champions League victory over AC Milan, with Reece James, Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang among those rested.
Showing the depth of their squad, Chelsea took the lead when Kai Havertz netted three minutes into first half stoppage-time with a looping header from Mason Mount's pin-point cross.
Christian Pulisic put Chelsea in complete control with a cute finish after exchanging passes with Mount in the 54th minute.
Armando Broja grabbed his first goal for Chelsea with a 20-yard drive in the 90th minute.
After their spluttering form at the end of Tuchel's reign, Chelsea are up to fourth place.
"I don't think we can succeed with just 11 players. It's not right just to play 11 until they fall down and get injured," Potter said.
"When you're playing three games a week, you've got to make decisions around fresh players, when players are determined and desperate to play."
Tottenham Hotspur secured a 1-0 win at Brighton and Hove Albion with Harry Kane scoring the all important goal.
Antonio Conte's third-placed team won for the first time in three games after losing at Arsenal and drawing away to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Kane struck with his eighth goal of the season in the 22nd minute, the England captain converting Son Heung-min's cross with a glancing header.
It was a first defeat for Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi after an impressive 3-3 draw at Liverpool in his first match.
Bournemouth put under-fire Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers back on the hot seat with a 2-1 win at Dean Court.
Having won for the first time this season Monday, second bottom Leicester have now lost seven of their last eight games.
Fifth placed Newcastle thrashed Brentford 5-1 at St James' Park.
RESULTS
Bournemouth 2 (Billing 67, Christie 71) Leicester 1 (Daka 10)
Brighton 0 Tottenham 1 (Kane 22)
Chelsea 3 (Havertz 45, Pulisic 54, Broja 90) Wolves 0
Newcastle 5 (Guimaraes 21, 56, Murphy 28, Almiron 82, Pinnock 90-og) Brentford 1 (Toney 54-P)
