It was just as much the style of the goals as the quantity that ensured a satisfied Avram Grant was left to survey his first win as Chelsea first team coach.

Three different scorers, two of them for the first time in Chelsea blue, had ended Hull City's dreams of recording the most newsworthy result of the season so far, and each strike in its way had caught the Israeli's eye.

'I didn't expect that in a few days we play like this but I like very much the goals we scored today,' he said with satisfaction. 'All were from combinations of passes between many players.

'Some of the movement and some of the passes were quick with good finishing after good movement. On this base we can continue. Our target is to score many goals. Of course we want to score as many as possible, but I cannot guarantee it.'

Grant played down a suggestion that the disposal of Hull City was proof of his players' desire to perform for the new man in charge, instead insisting that it showed was a wish to play for the blue shirt, one of which was thrown into the away fans' section after the game by an appreciative John Terry.

'Managers come and go,' Grant said. 'The only thing that stays are the supporters so the commitment needs to be first of all to the club. I thought today we saw players that had a high level of commitment.

'It has not been an easy time for them after the last week but it is important the players have a good attitude because football, we know how to play.'

Hull manager Phil Brown thought his team started well enough, playing to a plan to test Chelsea's full-backs with high diagonal balls. But he highlighted the double whammy of goals straight after half-time as ending his hopes.

'It was a lesson in quality, certainly in front of goal,' he said. 'We had chances but the second goal has killed us, quickly followed by the third. Chelsea with their experience and quality made the pitch feel very big after that.

'I was at Old Trafford and I thought they were unlucky there. Today they played for the manager and certainly for the club and the strip.

'They counter-attacked with pace and one thing I learnt from Chelsea tonight is that the players believe in each other and trust each other.'

Grant's team selection, which had seven changes from the Man United game, opened the way for Scott Sinclair and Steve Sidwell to register their first goals for the club.

'Scotty I know very well because I like to see many games of the reserve team last year, like I watch many other teams, and don't forget that I have been here two months so I have seen him in the preparations since we were in Loos Angeles,' Grant commented about the squad's youngest winger. He also announced that Shaun Wright-Phillips was suffering from no lasting effects from the problem that saw his second-half substitution.

'We have three games each week so we need all our players as I think some of them cannot play three games in a week for the next two months. We have a big squad so it was an opportunity for other players to play 90 minutes because we will need everyone one of them in the future.'