Guus Hiddink appointed interim Chelsea manager

Hiddink says the club owe it to everyone to get back on track, before talking about the chance of recovering the 11-point gap between themselves and the top four.

Drogba, who now plays for MLS side Montreal Impact, is currently enjoying his off-season break was reported to be in the frame to become an assistant coach at Chelsea, something his club denied. “Chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in the world but is not where it should be at the moment”, Hiddink said.

“That is what I was emphasising on – not to look back so much”.

The Blues beat Sunderland 3-1 on Saturday in their first game after Jose Mourinho left the club following a dismal run of results that left Chelsea languishing in the bottom six of the table.

Speaking at a news conference at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground on Wednesday morning, Wenger said: “Look, I think a lot has been made of that and there’s no need to add anything”.

We have quality players and they care.

One banner held by a female fan labelled those two and last year’s player of the season Eden Hazard as “rats”, although Hazard was injured on Saturday and so was spared the abuse.

The Dutchman returned to Stamford Bridge for his second spell as interim manager after Roman Abramovich fired Jose Mourinho for the second time.

We have seen their words on “responsibility” turning into action in our last game against Sunderland.

“That means things are not going as well as foreseen at the beginning of the season”.

“No manager can guarantee three points, but we have to show to ourselves, the club and the fans inside and overseas that the team has a big desire to wash away the last half year”.

Hiddink got straight to work at Cobham this morning as he donned a Blues tracksuit and kept a watchful eye over Radamel Falcao as the Colombian continues to work his way back to fitness.

“The supporters have been good to us this season”.

Unlike Rafael Benitez’s first match in charge, there was no hostility towards Hiddink – and nor should there have been, given his achievements in his previous spell – but there was no affection either.