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The reaction to his goal was all that was said. The only highlight of the night came midway through the first half when the Dutch-born attacker's strike snuck inside the near post, extinguishing the faintest title hopes.
A smile was never going to break across his face. Jorginho's embrace stopped Ziyech from walking back to the halfway line. Instead, his teammates ran to join in a celebration, and a frank conversation quickly ensued between them, which involved some urgent pointing and gesticulating.
The pattern of play continued in the second half, with the home side spurn several promising moments to find a winner and the Seagulls equalizing and then drawing the game at a stalemate.
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Thomas Tuchel said all this was just signs of fatigue. You can see that we are mentally and physically tired in our performance. It's as easy as that.
He was happy to make light of Ziyech's inability to take joy from his first league goal since December. He said that he had no problem with him scoring 20 more and not celebrating.
At half-time, as the players walked off the pitch, there was a clear difference of opinion over how to attack. The television camera could barely have been closer to them, but that didn't deter them from continuing their conversation.
"If we say that we want more from them, it is normal that they are not happy and that they talk," said Tuchel.
This is in danger of becoming a new normal for the club.
The recent exertions are a factor, as is the fact that this game was rearranged after an original postponement due to COVID-19. It was difficult to escape the feeling that the negative body language of the players was more than just fatigue.
Their performance barely improved in the second half and the inertia seemed to even affect Tuchel, who began the first half in typically animated form, frustrated at Chelsea's error-strewn play, before retiring to his seat in the dugout for large chunks of the second half. He waited until the 80th minute to make a rare triple change, but it was already too late to stop the Seagulls.
After a fourth consecutive league game without a win, the usually amiable manager was abrupt in one interview, urging the reporter repeatedly "Don't do this" when referencing the longest run of managers since October 2016
For a majority of the draw at Brighton, it looked as if they were second best.
The Blues haven't won in the league since Boxing Day. They barely threw a punch. Tuchel is hoping that two days off will revive him.
He said that they need it so badly. You can say it is an excuse but it is not. When we arrived at Man City, look at our schedule.
They did not play in the Carabao Cup match. They had more time to prepare, they had the whole week to prepare before. We played since November. We need to replenish the batteries. We give the players two days off because we need to disengage.
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When they signed Romelu Lukaku for 115 million, they expected to be at the top of the table.
City has played a game more and is 12 points behind. If Spurs are beaten at home on Sunday, it will leave them vulnerable to being drawn into a top-four scrap with West Ham United and other teams if they don't win the Carabao Cup.
Tuchel dismissed a question about the individual display of Lukaku.
He said he wouldn't talk about single players today. There are too many questions about Romelu and there are too many answers about Romelu. Romelu is part of the solution.
Tuchel needs to find a solution quickly.
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