Thomas Tuchel believes Chelsea's rivals were jealous of their Club World Cup chance after being made to sweat by his Blues stars in the Abu Dhabi final.
The west Londoners are the new world champions but Palmeiras made them work for it, pegging the Champions League holders back to 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes following Romelu Lukaku's opener.
Kai Havertz stepped up to bury a high pressure 117th minute spot-kick, clinching glory for Chelsea just as he did in Porto for the European crown last year.
Thomas Tuchel lifted his third trophy at Chelsea with their triumph at the Club World Cup
The Blues were crowned world champions for the first time in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night
Tuchel scooped his third trophy since moving to England little over a year ago in the UAE but has no plans on slowing down.