Chelsea boss Tuchel: We lack form and enthusiasm | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel feels his frontliners are suffering from tiredness.

Tuchel says his players' busy fixture schedule has played a role in their lack of freshness on the pitch, but has told his stars to embrace the challenge in front of them.

"I think we lack a little bit of form, a little bit of enthusiasm in the last percent and one big reason is because we play too much, not we as a club but the players, I am a big friend of quality not quantity," he said.

"This is the situation right now and what we are facing but this is nothing new and the next international break is coming and will not change. In the opposite we will have other competitions in January and February and things might look a bit harder than it should be but don't forget we are talking about the Premier League, the toughest league in the world.

"There is also no shame in having a tight match at Brentford and there is absolutely no shame that you need a late winner against Southampton. It is what it is, it is very important that we don't feel ashamed and we are not too critical of ourselves.

"We wanted to be a team nobody likes to play against and we are on a good way."