Thomas Tuchel will give his Chelsea players two days off in a bid to capture their disturbing mid-season droop.
A 1-1 draw at Brighton made it one win in their last seven Premier League games and out of nowhere increase the strain on their bid to get Champions League capability.
The Blues face top-four adversaries Tottenham in what feels like a crunch conflict on Sunday, with Tuchel demanding his players need a rest "in this way, so severely".
The German added: "You can say it is a reason or whatever, however, check out our timetable.
"We showed up at Man City with a Carabao Cup game in the middle, they didn't. We've played since November as the group that plays and plays and plays and we really want to re-energize the batteries."We need to disengage. I will give the players two days off and we will plan.
"We are glad we have somewhere around four days [until confronting Spurs]. Take a gander at our last week and you know what we are referring to. We have three away games in seven days. It is additionally about voyaging and not sleeping."We can clarify why exhibitions resemble this in an away game in January away at Brighton."
Hakim Ziyech terminated Chelsea ahead in the principal half, yet Adam Webster leveled after the break. Tuchel wouldn't condemn his players subsequent to observing yet more focuses getaway.
"There are a few impediments to survive," he said. "I won't be furious. It's actually not necessary to focus on aspiration.
"We were a piece fortunate to be 1-0 ahead - exploit and score the subsequent one. It isn't the second to be excessively cruel."
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