Former Porto full-back Bosingwa scored in the 36th minute and also set up substitute Nicolas Anelka 14 minutes from time in the 2-0 win.

It was Bosingwa's first goal for the club and a superb one at that from the 26-year-old Portugal international, who cushioned a pass from Frank Lampard on his chest before rifling a shot into the corner beyond Thomas Sorensen.

Scolari said: "The Stoke defenders made a little mistake because they were watching other players, not Bosingwa.

"They did not see him arrive in this position and he made a beautiful goal. He is good for us.

"Bosingwa is the right height, jumps well and also does the job of covering the defenders.

"He started out as a midfielder but then when he went to Porto, the coach converted him to right-back.

"Bosingwa has a lot of energy and power. He has improved a lot and has arrived in the national team. He is now a good right-back."

Chelsea stamped their authority on the game from the off but it was only after Anelka took advantage of Leon Cort's mistake that they were able to breathe easily.

Sorensen made a string of good saves and parried Florent Malouda's effort onto the bar in the second half.

Cort almost grabbed the equaliser before his error, only for John Obi Mikel to clear his effort off the line.

That was the closest the newly-promoted side came to taking something from the match at the Britannia Stadium.

The victory stretched Chelsea's unbeaten league run to 27 games and Scolari was pleased with the way his team went about their business.

He added: "It is impossible to play beautiful football all the time and it was difficult against Stoke.

"Whenever we made a mistake they arrived and tried to put the ball in the box. We had to pay attention.

"But we kept our shape and that was important. It was fantastic to get a win like this as Stoke created only one or two chances.

"We always want to play football but sometimes the other team does not think that way. They just want to live off your mistakes."

Stoke manager Tony Pulis praised his side for the way they battled throughout the 90 minutes.

He had to do without long-throw specialist Rory Delap, who damaged his hamstring in training yesterday, but believes his side can build on the performance and the one which earnt a goalless draw against Liverpool at Anfield.

He said: "We have to take positives out of the game and cannot get down in the dumps.

"We competed well against Chelsea and Liverpool. The problem today is we sat off them a little bit.

"It was just unfortunate the way their second goal came about as Cort just lost his footing. That killed the game."