Thomas Tuchel was very disappointed with the performance of his team.
Tuchel says he would be stupid to think his side can challenge for the title while he has so many injured and ill players.
The Blues had to wait until the last minute to get a point against the Seagulls on Wednesday.
Manchester City is eight points ahead of second-place Chelsea.
"How should we be in it?" Tuchel asked when asked if their title hopes were over.
The German manager has seven Covid cases. There are at least five or six players out for a long time. What should we do in a title race?
Everyone in training has the power to come through this league.
We wouldn't think we could do it out of Covid and injuries. Everyone would be stupid to do it without 23 fit players.
Tuchel was asked if the integrity of the league had been undermined by the differing Covid-19 situations of each team.
I competed very hard for the win. I don't know what I can expect from my players.
We have never done something like this before. We try and see what we can do.
There are injury worries.
Danny Welbeck's 93rd-minute leveler gave Manchester United a point against Chelsea, who have lost one of the past four league games and dropped 11 points from the top of the table.
They were four points clear at the top of the table after their win atLeicester. The defending European champion will start the year out of form and will have a number of players missing due to injury.
England defender James was injured in the first half against the Seagulls at the Bridge, while the Danes did not play in the second half.
Ben Chilwell is going to have surgery and will be missed by this game.
In addition, N'Golo Kante came off the bench despite a knee injury, while Timo Werner has not played since December after testing positive for coronaviruses.
The next game for the Blues is against the Reds on Sunday.
The VAR decision was a joke.
The referee, Mike Dean, denied a 100% penalty and a possible goal for Mason Mount during the frustrating draw.
The Blues boss believed that Christian Pulisic had been tripped in the box in the second half, while Mount thought he had scored.
He said there was a 100% penalty against Christian Pulisic and a 50% penalty against Mason Mount.
He needs to whistle before the ball crosses the line. We have VAR to check. Is he sure or not?
The penalty is a joke and not to intervene from the VAR is.
