The Chelsea skipper, back in the side after being omitted from the FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City on Sunday, made a triumphant return to keep Chelsea's Champions League qualification ambitions on track.Had Ruiz scored from Sascha Riether's right-wing cross or John Arne Riise injected more power into his shot halfway through the first half, the picture might have more closely reflected the game's flow. Chelsea began the second half knocking the ball about with the confidence of a side with a two-goal cushion and Mata was inches away from making it three when he failed to reach Torres' cross.Rafael Benitez's side are now a point above the Gunners with a game in hand as their Spanish interim manager prepares to take the Blues to his former club Liverpool on Sunday.However, it was Chelsea who took the lead, and in spectacular style as Luiz collected Eden Hazard's square ball and fired a stunning drive into the top corner.The victory, which ended a run of three Premier League defeats away from home, came thanks to a clinical finishing display that put the game out of Fulham's reach before the interval.Frank Lampard, aiming to take a step closer to Bobby Tambling's record of 202 goals for Chelsea on his 600th appearance, fired in a swerving free-kick that Schwarzer chose to save with his chest.In keeping with a run of one defeat in their last seven Premier League games, Martin Jol's side were in the ascendancy early on but they once again fell to defeat by their west London neighbours, extending a remarkable run of just one win in 33 years.
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