Following Alan Shearer's appointment as manager at Newcastle, Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink is expecting to face a fired up Toon squad. "You have to respect the decision made by whoever is in charge. There's always a reaction when there's something happening in a club," he said on Sky Sports News.

"It was the same a little bit here. Some people felt they had to make a decision and then you get a reaction, within the club and team. Everyone knows their situation.

"Of course there will be a reaction from the team and from the crowd. So we can expect a tight game and a lot of fighting spirit from our opponents tomorrow."

Hiddink is fully aware that Shearer's mere presence in the Magpies' dressing room will have a massive effect on his squad.

"I respect him very much. I know him as a player," he added. "He is quite a personality and will have an influence on the team.

"There will be a hectic atmosphere tomorrow. It forces us to give everything we have.

"I cannot judge whether he will stay longer than eight games, that is not my big problem. But it is always good to have big players making a transition to a manager.

"But he will not play and I will not play. It is not a game between managers.

"The instant input and change in the dressing room will give their players a lot of energy and that is an extra aspect of the game we have to deal with tomorrow."