Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri believes Ruben Loftus-Cheek's tactical improvement has helped him solve many problems in the past few weeks.
Loftus-Cheek started the season behind Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley in the midfield pecking order but has shown steady improvement under Sarri this term.
After scoring a Europa League hat-trick against BATE Borisov in late October, Loftus-Cheek netted his first Premier League goal of the season away to Burnley.
He made that two in the league on Sunday after coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring in the 82nd minute.
And Sarri says he has been impressed with the 22-year-old's showings of late, telling reporters: "In the last three weeks, he's solved me problems.
"I was really very happy after the last match in the Europa League because I think he played the best performance from the tactical point of view.
"I was really very happy. Today I saw Kovacic a bit tired, so I put him on the pitch without problems. I was sure about his impact in the match."
The 2-0 win over Fulham came a week after a then-unbeaten Chelsea side were outclassed by London rivals Tottenham at Wembley.
Sarri made 10 changes for Chelsea's subsequent game, a 4-0 win at home to PAOK Salonika, but admitted he wanted to give his usual starters a chance to make amends on Sunday.
"I think, today, we were a bit nervous," Sarri said. "Of course, it wasn't easy the days after Tottenham for me and the players, but I think that we have thought too much about that match. We lost a match after three and a half months. It can happen. So today it was important to react.
"But I think the team reacted really very well in the Europa League. Today was more important, of course, and I think in the minds of the players there was only the result.”
"I think in Tottenham, 11 players played very badly. So I thought today it was natural to give them another chance.
