Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo insists poor form under Andre Villas-Boas ruined top-four bid after defeat to Liverpool "We played 37 games in the Premier League, it wasn't the one we lost today that made the difference," said Di Matteo. We know how demanding it has been for us and we played a team that was fresh and more energetic to give us a better chance. We used similar players at Arsenal and used the strength of the squad. We played with these players all season and they gave us a chance with two games to go to fight for fourth, but we needed to use everyone to get so far. We tried and we pushed, but today Liverpool were better than us. We hit the post at 0-0 which could have changed the game a little bit. I thought Liverpool were very good and inspired tonight and scored at the right time. Liverpool were better so credit to them. Chelsea's attention will now turn exclusively towards Munich, and Di Matteo acknowledged that the poor performance of his fringe players, along with injuries and suspensions has given him a selection dilemma. "I'll have to think about the team because of the suspensions and how we play and which players fit best into our set-up to play Bayern," he said. A player like Michael Essien has been out a long time, it takes time to get back into the rhythm. The final is a one-off game, a high pressure game. We will see about how the players are for Sunday. We will see how David Luiz is progressing and we're working on his fitness. Ideally, I would like everyone to be available.