It was form man Nicolas Anelka that dominated Luiz Felipe Scolari's post-match thoughts after scoring twice against West Brom on Saturday evening.

The Frenchman's double made it 13 for the season, 12 in the Premier League, and sealed the points following José Bosingwa's opener from outside the area.

Scolari has overseen a transformation in his forward's confidence, and believes we are now seeing the best of the January signing.

'Nicolas Anelka is happy because he has more confidence, the players and fans believe more in him and give him more chances to score goals,' Scolari explained. 'He is a very good player, with good skill, good dribbling and a good shot, all the games now he scores one or two goals, it is fantastic for us.

'When you receive the ball and score, and the next game you score another goal and many goals, the players try to give more chances to Anelka to score more. They are building more opportunities for Anelka than before.

'Maybe in this system we play it is better for Anelka. I don't know but maybe it is this.'

The 29-year-old's form has proved the perfect antidote to Didier Drogba's absence through injury, and Scolari is still hopeful that the pair can play together when both available.

'Yes, when I have time in training and when they are both in good condition,' he said. 'It's fantastic and easy for me when I have all of the players and I have more choice, many times I have 14,15, 16 players. When I have Drogba, Anelka, Di Santo and maybe one more player in the future it is very good for me. When I have only one it is difficult.'

The Brazilian was unimpressed at the team's slow start in the west Midlands, and believes that was when West Brom had their best opportunities to score.

'When they started the game they started better than us, for the first 15 minutes they had one or two opportunities outside the area. If they shoot very well maybe they change the result and they were better than us.

'After this we were more [balanced] and we arrived one or two times in front of the goalkeeper, and the second goal and third goal finished the game. In the second half we had four chances and we lost three or four goals.'

Still, few will complain at a 3-0 win on the road, and the only negative thing to come from our trip to the Hawthorns was a late injury picked up by captain John Terry, and the manager was unsure as to its severity and whether the defender would be able to meet up with England for the friendly in Germany on Wednesday.

'I am not the person that can give a good answer, the doctor is but I listened to him and he told John go to the hospital tomorrow and have a scan and see what happens. It is an injury but I don't know. If he has the condition [I hope he plays] because it is the national team and we need to respect that.

'[The injury] is underneath his foot, a new injury in football,' he joked. 'Belletti is the same, Ashley Cole is the same, it's a new injury. In my time this injury, never!'

There was also more international injury news to report.

'Ashley Cole and Joe Cole will not go because they are injured. I don't have 18 players, Ashley came today because if I have some problems he can play 20, 30 minutes. If not, I keep Ashley for the future. Joe it is one more week, and Terry I don't know until tomorrow,' he admitted.

Finally, there was time for comment on our 10th consecutive Premier League win away from home, a new record in modern times that equals Tottenham's run in 1960.

'About the record, I think my players know about this and they are more happy. They try to follow [this] but it's not for me, it is for Chelsea.

'Of 10, seven when I coach and three before. It is for our players, very good, but don't forget, I want to say to the fans we lost many points at home, so we need to recover these points away.'