Chelsea interim coach Frank Lampard criticised his team’s lack of fight in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Brighton at Stamford Bridge.
“Disappointing on every level,” Lampard told Sky Sports. “The better team won and could have won by more. They played like a team. They’re working together for a long time, give that credit.
“But it’s not good enough from our point of view. All the basic parts of football — to fight, to run, and those things — we were short on. We have to dig ourselves out of that very quickly.
“We’ve got a big game on Tuesday. There’s no point in being too down, but professionally we have to understand why today went the way it did. And it wasn’t good for us.”