Hiddink blasts 'sloppy' Blues

Guus Hiddink criticised Chelsea's sloppy defending against Spurs as they missed a great opportunity to close the gap in the Premier League title race. With Manchester United losing at Fulham, Hiddink's men failed to take advantage to go down to Luka Modric's 50th minute goal at White Hart Lane.Although they pressured Tottenham late on, the Dutchman felt his side paid the price for trying to play pretty football in their own penalty area early in the second half.And they were punished when Jose Bosingwa's attempt to play himself out of trouble was eventually seized on by Aaron Lennon to cross for Modric's winner."It was the ideal opportunity to get closer to Man Utd but at the key moments of the game we were very sloppy," said Hiddink."We talked about it at half-time that they would come in the first 10 minutes (of the second half) but afterwards we were very sloppy."It is frustrating but the way we lost our way in the 10 minutes after the break must be a huge lesson for us not to go that way in the FA Cup and the Champions League."Sometimes you must kick away the ball when you are pressured which we didn't; we tried to get a beautiful solution near our own box. There are some moments in the game when you have to read the game and give it a long ball - even into the stands."In spite of the defeat, Hiddink refused to throw the towel in on Chelsea's title hopes but admits it will be tough.The Blues are four points behind the champions but Sir Alex Ferguson's men also have a game in hand."It is not over but they (Manchester United) have a game in hand and these are those key moment when Man U are losing that we cannot afford to lose two points or three points when you are chasing because you are coming up to the end of the season," he said."Let's be honest: today was the ideal moment and when you don't take these ideal moments we have to blame ourselves."

Source: SKY_Sports