Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink is happy to slip under the radar as he attempts to rumble title rivals Manchester United and Liverpool.

After victory over Manchester City, Hiddink likened himself to a "schoolboy" when it comes to the task of chasing experienced campaigners like Rafael Benitez and Sir Alex Ferguson.

But the Dutchman insisted the title would be decided by the players and not the managerial personalities.

"It's not a battle between the managers," added Hiddink. "It's a battle between the players.

"They're both very experienced - Rafael is experienced and Sir Alex is very experienced. Let me, as a schoolboy, chase them. At the end, it's the players.

"We can improve. Today we were solid defensively and were not under threat from City, but I'd have liked us to have finished it off in the first half.

"If we'd scored the second, it might have been a 4-0 game. We have to finish them off. That's the only criticism we can have."