Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has laughed off suggestions he had arrived at the club and brought fear into the dressing room.

After Chelsea's victory over Aston Villa on Saturday, midfielder Frank Lampard claimed all the top coaches, including Hiddink, have a 'sense of fear about them'.

But Hiddink said: "I'm very serious about what needs to be done in the dressing room, but I don't like to bring in fear in this business, rather, some principles of modern football.

"That's what we emphasised last week. What can I tell you about fear? Maybe I'll try and smile a little bit more.

"We can be angry, of course, and very serious. But not as a total attitude. That's not our business."