The win moved Chelsea up to 14th place in the table and 13 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, and Hiddink refused to write off his side's chances of finishing in the top four although he admitted it would be "difficult".
"Everyone knows there's a lot of quality but sometimes a team which has just become champions has a tendency to become complacent," the Dutchman told the BBC.
"When I started, we said mathematically when we could get to a Champions League position it would be lovely.
"It's difficult because this league has become so strong. Everyone can win from everyone, which means it's very difficult to get there.
"But as long as we play like (we did against Palace), we can be happy and then results will come. It's possible still, but a long way to go."
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
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