Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink is happy to give the club's youngsters a chance to impress with only pride left to play for this season.
The reigning Premier League champions are out of the Champions League and FA Cup and 13 points off fourth spot, and Hiddink said he would give the club's fringe players a chance to shine.
"It’s not a personal objective [staying unbeaten] but at the same time if it’s the objective then you win games, Chelsea win games, the team wins," said Hiddink.
"You can see now we have given some younger players opportunities to play. There is a risk you can lose more easily than when everyone is on board.
"I prefer to give chances to people playing less frequently and then having the risk of defeat."
"The idea behind it was that Begovic is doing his job as a professional very well in training to keep himself in shape," Hiddink said.
"Every training session he is 100 per cent committed and on top of that he is helping out [Thibaut] Courtois in a very good professional way, and that’s why I rewarded him by having him play at least once."
