Guus Hiddink has revealed how Chelsea feared they would finish outside the top four under Luiz Felipe Scolari and miss out on next season's Champions League.
The Brazilian was sacked and replaced by Hiddink in early February, with Chelsea fourth in the Barclays Premier League, behind Manchester United, Liverpool and Aston Villa, after a disappointing draw at home to Hull.
Hiddink said: "When I was asked to come, they provided me with some targets. I was told it would be to get qualification for next year's Champions League.
"That was the main target, at that moment, because there was a common attitude that we were slipping away.
"We made this aim and, of course, we would still like to be in the first three, maybe two, and, in the slightest of possibilities, No 1."