Fernando Torres, he has risen.

I'll be honest with you, I did not expect this. I was hoping for this, but I did not expect this. Chelsea are absolutely steamrollering a distinctly crap Aston Villa side tonight.

Torres's early goal was followed by a sumptuous David Luiz free kick, a third was poached by Branislav Ivanovic after Gary Cahill's turn and shot from a corner. All the defender goals!

It's beginning to look like a wonderful Christmas. Thanks, Chelsea!