Thibaut Courtois says Chelsea will battle to the end

Chelsea 1 Stoke 1: Ten points adrift of the top four despite a 12-match unbeaten run in the Premier League under Guus Hiddink, Chelsea are beginning to realise just how much damage was done to their season before Jose Mourinho was sacked - and know only victory over PSG on Wednesday can really rescue it in any meaningful way.

There’s a strange lack or tension or excitement at Stamford Bridge these days as Chelsea bid to stitch back together a season which was so painfully torn apart in the early part of the campaign.

Hiddink has done everything asked of him - more you could argue - but the low-key atmosphere on Saturday against Stoke and the late goal from Mame Biram Diouf which denied the home team victory made it all feel rather meaningless - especially coming straight after the Tottenham-Arsenal match in which the title as well as local rivalry was at stake.