Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea need to 'recharge the batteries' after blaming tiredness for their lacklustre performance in the 1-1 Premier League draw at Brighton.
The European champions' fading title hopes suffered another setback after Hakim Ziyech's first-half opener was cancelled out by stand-in Albion skipper Adam Webster.
Chelsea topped the table as recently as the start of last month but have spectacularly fallen out of contention having now won just two of their nine top-flight outings since.
Blues boss Tuchel once again bemoaned his club's punishing schedule and now plans to give his players two days off ahead of Sunday's home game against Tottenham.