‘Hopefully this is the first of many’ – Fernando Torres reacts after ending 14-game goal drought with first strike for Chelsea

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Fernando Torres promised more goals for Chelsea fans after the forward finally broke his duck since moving to the London club three months ago.

The club’s record signing, £50 million striker had gone 734 minutes without a goal before netting in the 83rd minute of Saturday’s victory over West Ham, and the Spaniard admitted that it was not how he envisaged the start of his Chelsea career.

“After fourteen games without a goal, it was not the beginning I was expecting when I signed,” Torres told ESPN.

“Hopefully this is the first of many.”

The World Cup winner insists that his barren spell has probably been harder for the fans to cope with, than it has for him personally, but conceded that it was always going to take time to settle into a new club, especially having signed half-way through the season, and thanked his team-mates for their support.

“It is not easy to come in in January and settle into a massive team like that with a style that is very clear,” he explained. “But I’m working hard, and thanks to my teammates really.

“Without them I cannot score because they looked for me every time in the last game, but finally I have scored and there is less pressure on me now so I can enjoy my football and we can see how high we can finish this season.

“The fans have been very patient with me. I had more and more anxiety for them than for me.

“It’s not difficult coping with his form. Maybe it is for the fans because they have been very patient with me and have shown their support in every game, in every game away when the fans travel with the team.

“I was more pleased for them than for me because I just wanted to show them I can score.”