Chelsea win as Hiddink bids farewell

By Mike Collett

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea gave departing coach Guus Hiddink the perfect leaving present when they came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Striker Louis Saha put Everton ahead after just 26 seconds -- the fastest goal ever scored in the FA Cup final. The previous fastest of 30 seconds was scored by Bob Chatt of Aston Villa in 1895.

Chelsea, playing under Hiddink for the last time before he returns to coaching Russia's national team, equalised after 20 minutes when Didier Drogba rose virtually unmarked to head past Tim Howard.

Frank Lampard curled in the winner from outside the box in the 72nd minute of a match played in blistering heat.

Hiddink said he was leaving Chelsea "with some sadness," but that he was delighted to be leaving with the FA Cup secured.

"If we had not won the Cup today I would have left with the feeling, ok, we did well, but the job was not finished. It is almost the perfect goodbye present," he told reporters.

"I would have like to have been playing Manchester United in Rome the other day, but now it is easier to say goodbye having won the Cup.

"It is an emotional feeling," he said after talking to the players as a group for the last time.