Christian Pulisic 9, Billy Gilmour given run out; Danny Welbeck 6 - Chelsea v Watford player ratings

Willian one of three Chelsea goalscorers in comfortable win at Stamford Bridge

CHELSEA RATINGS: Kepa Arrizabalaga - 6: Little for the Chelsea goalkeeper to do but showed good concentration levels to deny Welbeck with 10 minutes remaining. EPA

Reece James - 7: An excellent performance from the recalled Englishman. Supplied Cheldsea's forwards with plenty of quality crosses. AFP

Kurt Zouma - 7: Cool, calm and collected - Zouma was everything Rudiger was not against West Ham and more than justified his place ahead of the German. Reuters

Andreas Christensen - 7: Never once in trouble up against a fairly immobile Deeney. AFP

Cesar Azpilicueta - 7: Chelsea captain owed his manager a performance after a bizarre display in the defeat to West Ham. Shifted out to left-back in place of Alonso, the Spaniard didn't disappoint. Reuters

N'Golo Kante - 6: Frenchman's energy levels were lacking for the second game in a row before he pulled up with an injury in the second half. AFP

Ross Barkley - 8: Sprayed around some delightful passes and scorched home Chelsea's third. Reuters

Mason Mount - 7: Combined well with Barkley and Pulisic to keep Chelsea always on control of the ball. Reuters

Willian - 8: Converted from the spot for a career-best 11 goals in a season. Chelsea would be mad to not tie the Brazilian to a long-term contract in this sort of form. EPA

Christian Pulisic - 9: Won a penalty for a second match in a row and a delight to watch in full flow. The American is proving a quite excellent signing for Chelsea. Reuters

Olivier Giroud - 7: French striker scored with an exquisite finish for his fourth league goal of the season and linked well with his teammates before making way for Abraham. EPA

Tammy Abraham (on for Giroud, 76') - 5: Young striker could find himself sidelined in the coming weeks following Giroud's impressive display. AFP

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (on for Willian, 76') - 6: The elegant Englishman showed superb control in the buildup to Chelsea's third. AFP

Callum Hudson-Odoi (on for Mount, 76') - 5: Fresh legs to attack tired ones. Reuters

Billy Gilmour (on for Kante, 78') - showed no ill effects after being hooked at half time against West Ham. Reuters

WATFORD RATINGS: Ben Foster - 6: Pulled off decent saves to deny Giroud, Willian and Zouma. AFP

Adrian Mariappa - 5: Just could not get to grips with the movement of Pulisic. Booked for a foul on the fleet-footed American. Reuters

Craig Dawson - 6: Centre-back won his fair share of aerial battles with Giroud. Reuters

Christian Kabasele - 6: A tough day at the office as Chelsea's forwards looked to take the pain of their defeat to West Ham out on the Watford defence. Reuters

Kiko Femenia - 6: Another full-back played out of his favourite position, but the Spaniard had a solid game on the left. Reuters

Nathaniel Chalobah - 4: A chastening return to Stamford Bridge for the former Chelsea youngster. Hard to recall him touching the ball. Reuters

Etienne Capoue - 5: The Frenchman - already on a yellow card - barreled into Pulisic for a cast-iron penalty that killed any chance Watford had of getting anything out of the game. AFP

Abdoulaye Doucoure - 6: One of few Watford players to emerge with any credit. Threw himself in front of plenty of Chelsea attacks. Reuters

Will Hughes - 6: Can be satisfied with his effort but missed a chance to reduce the arrears in injury time. EPA

Ismaila Sarr - 4: The match-winning performance against Liverpool earlier this season now seems a lifetime away for the Senegalese. Reuters

Troy Deeney - 5: The Watford captain can be a passenger in games without the right service. This was one of those nights. Reuters

SUBS: Danny Welbeck (on for Capoue, 58') - 6: Should have opened his Watford account but hit his shot too close to Kepa and showed he can still perform at this level by ghosting past Christensen in injury time. Reuters

Adam Masina (on for Femenia, 64') - 6: Registered Watford's first shot on target on 70 minutes but his effort was never in danger of troubling Kepa. Reuters

Tom Cleverley (on for Deeney, 64') - 5: Another unremarkable cameo. Reuters

Roberto Pereyra (on for Sarr, 83) - NA: No time for the Argentine to make an impact. AFP

Chelsea retook their place in the Premier League top four as goals from Olivier Giroud, Willian and Ross Barkley capped a dominant display to beat Watford 3-0 and leave the Hornets still precariously placed just one point outside the relegation zone.

Manchester United's 5-2 thrashing of Bournemouth earlier in the day saw Chelsea slip outside the top four before kick-off, but the Blues bounced back with very little fuss as Watford failed to exploit the hosts' defensive frailties.