Chelsea salvage some silverware at the end of a disappointing season.

Chelsea lifted the FA Cup as Guus Hiddink’s last game in charge of the West London side ended in success. Chelsea ran out 2-1 winners after goals from Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard. Everton had gone ahead after Louis Saha scored the fastest goal in FA Cup history to put his side 1-0 up after 27 seconds.

However, Everton were not able to maintain the early match pressure that they built up and the result was a fitting way for Hiddink to end his short tenure in charge of Chelsea. The victory will put a smile on the face of everyone at the club after some disappointing end of season results, which left the side looking as though they may finish without any silverware.

It was an efficient display from a Chelsea side that looked as though they had a point to prove. They were rampant down the left wing with Ashley Cole and Florent Malouda combining on several occasions, that resulted in Everton’s right back, Tony Hibbert, being taken off at half time.

Hiddink said after the game: “It was one of the biggest achievements in my career, winning in the Mecca of world football. The FA Cup is something that you truly cannot believe.”

The result will be hard to take for David Moyes. He has been hailed as one of the most under rated managers in the Premier League and yet another chance to break the dominance of the big four teams in England has slipped through Everton’s grasp. However, they didn’t play badly and it was only a couple of goals that was the difference. They can learn from the lessons and make sure they come back fighting next season.

Moyes said: “We deserved to be in the final because the players performed ever so well throughout the season, but we found Chelsea a hurdle too much. They were the better team and used the conditions better than we did.”

Chelsea’s win showed everyone just why Hiddink was the right man to be leading the side and although he travels back to Russia soon, he will be missed as he steadied a ship that was violently rocking when he came in just a few months ago.

Hiddink also has the look of a manager that could stay in a position for a very long time and you would never have guessed yesterday that David Moyes has been at Everton for nearly seven years longer than his counterpart. Whoever now comes in to replace the Dutchman has a big place to fill and will have to work extremely hard to maintain the progress that Hiddink was able to achieve in such a short space of time.

Hiddink is likely to return to English football at some point in the near future and whoever manages to get him to coach their side will be very lucky indeed. It is truly refreshing to someone with so much managerial talent be so modest and bow out of such a big position with a lot of grace.