"I am feeling good and with high confidence, and feeling better in the system we are playing with more space," the 29-year-old told Chelsea's website.
Despite Torres's travails, Chelsea's fans have been almost unwavering in their support for their record signing since he joined them in January 2011.
He added: "I felt the support for all the past and I am really happy for the fans, they can enjoy now with the team and with my goals and sometimes I feel they are even more happy with them than me, and hopefully they can see more of this this season."
Torres's team-mates queued up to hail him after Sunday's crucial win.
Branislav Ivanovic, who claimed Chelsea's squad was as strong as that of the 2010 title winners, said the striker was "flying", while goalkeeper Petr Cech added: "He never gives up. There were so many games when Fernando was absolutely brilliant, but because he didn't score everybody's saying, 'Oh, he didn't score'. Now he's scoring goals, he's making goals, he's playing as well as he has during his life."
Torres looks certain to be made to wait for his next goal, with Mourinho expected to make wholesale changes for Tuesday night's Capital One Cup fourth-round game at Arsenal.
The Chelsea manager complained bitterly about being forced to play barely 48 hours after Sunday's game but it is understood the Football League was left with little option because Arsenal and Tottenham cannot play at home on the same day and the latter played Sunday-Tuesday in the last round.
Tuesday night's game reunites Mourinho with old adversary Arsène Wenger, with the Portuguese insisting his issues with the Frenchman were a thing of the past.
Despite having more than 24 hours extra to prepare for tonight's game Wenger was also planning to freshen up his side and all but confirmed that Nicklas Bendtner could be handed his first start since March 2012.
He said: "You want to be respected and liked by your own fans, and I think he is. Nicklas will get even more credit if has a great fight tomorrow and does well. He was half – when I say half I mean 80 per cent – out of the club, and in the end he decided to stay and I stopped him from going. He responded in a positive way and that is what we want from him now."
Serge Gnabry will also be involved if he shakes off an ankle problem, having yesterday signed a new five-year £20,000-a-week contract.
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