Chelsea may have no titles or European football to play for, but Guus Hiddink says he is demanding his players continue to fight until the end of the season and end the campaign with a flourish.
Out of all the cups and sitting in 10th place in the league, Europa League qualification is also now off the cards after last week's loss to Swansea City, which has set up six potential dead rubbers until May. Hiddink is having none of it, however.
"It’s been strange because this club is used to being involved for some titles in the last weeks and months of the season, and after the defeats in the Champions League and the FA Cup, there was a little bit of emptiness because there was no silverware to go for," Hiddink explained on Friday.