Alvaro Morata showed he has settled quickly into life at Chelsea during win over Everton... the striker was up for a scrap and always in the right place

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Alvaro Morata is a quick learner, it would seem.

Antonio Conte has spoken all through the early-season about a need for his £70.6million striker to 'understand'; to 'adapt' to the Premier League.

This, though, was the performance of a forward well equipped for life on these shores. Morata created Chelsea's first goal through his sense of awareness and willingness to get involved in a scrap; he scored the second with a header via an evasive run that had defenders dumbfounded.

Alvaro Morata scored one goal and set another up as Chelsea beat Everton on Sunday

The Spanish forward appears to have quickly settled into life in the Premier League

His record already boasts titles in Italy and Spain, but the Premier League looks like the spot this 24-year-old might enjoy the most.

Chelsea's sidelining of Diego Costa has been handled badly and continues to cost them squad depth, but they can be grateful that Morata looks to have hit the ground running.

His performance against Burnley reduced the embarrassment level of Chelsea's opening-day defeat and while he was isolated against Tottenham, this was the sort of performance you would expect from a top-class centre forward.

The former Real Madrid man is a willing runner, a chaser of lost causes and a man to follow shots in the hope of a rebound on every occasion. It's exactly what Chelsea want; exactly what Conte needs as a remedy to the sour Costa situation.

Take Cesc Fabregas' opener here as the example. Chelsea had Everton pinned back for long periods but without an end product with Willian and Pedro wasteful.

Morata will scrap for the ball but he also has a deft touch and pops up in the right places

Cue Morata: Fabregas advanced forward for the first time in the match, playing a pass into his countryman's feet in the box. Morata's initial attempt at a one-two was blocked but he was the first to react — leaping up to head back into Fabregas' path to open the space for him to poke in.

Thirteen minutes later and he had a goal of his own. Chelsea were embroiled in a row over a free-kick Conte thought should have been given for a tackle on Victor Moses.

The manager was distracted. Firebrand Costa, typically, might have been too if he was leading the line of this team. But Morata distanced himself from it all, ghosted away from Phil Jagielka and nodded Cesar Azpilicueta's subsequent cross in.

Remember his first-half miss from a free header against Tottenham at Wembley last week? There won't be too many more of those.

Antonio Conte had told Morata he needed to adapt fast to life in England... and he has

At the other end, Everton must have wished they had half the goal threat Morata was offering with Sandro Ramirez and Wayne Rooney lost in link-up play and rarely threatening Thibaut Courtois.

Twenty goals last season in Madrid made the previous campaign Morata's most productive so far in terms of scoring. He hit 15 and 12 in two years in Italy with Juventus. On the sort of evidence he's showing at Stamford Bridge so far, you would expect him to easily surpass those figures this year.

A warm embrace from Conte followed his withdrawal with 12 minutes to go as Chelsea's No 9 faded somewhat in a second half with the game already as good as won.

Morata is a striker quickly learning the Premier League rulebook, and the questions pose of him of one of the most demanding managers around.

The striker could become a crucial part of any potential Chelsea title push this season