Thomas Tuchel mentioned he can be livid if rivals have been benefiting from Covid-19 postponement guidelines to cowl accidents.
It was put to Tuchel that Sunday's North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham may very well be postponed with Mikel Arteta claiming to have simply 12 match outfield gamers within the first staff.
Requested if groups are protecting for accidents quite than Covid instances, Tuchel mentioned: 'I strongly, strongly hope that isn't the case as a result of I might be very offended.
'We're doing all the pieces to make video games occur and we have been made to play once we thought we perhaps shouldn't.
'So I can solely strongly hope the foundations are the identical for everyone.'
The Blues are with out No 1 goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who's on the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, and have been mired in a Covid disaster within the final 4 weeks.
The Chelsea boss has beforehand referred to as for extra transparency from the league on the choice making course of, with Burnley towards Leicester the twentieth top-flight match to be shelved this season.
Chelsea, who've misplaced defender Andreas Christensen to a optimistic Covid take a look at on the eve of Saturday's journey to Man Metropolis, had requested the league to postpone their sport towards Wolves final month following seven Covid instances, just for that request to be denied.
Tuchel's squad has been ravaged with optimistic Covid exams within the final month with Mateo Kovacic, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner all having to isolate in current weeks.
The Blues had solely simply managed a clear coronavirus slate for Wednesday's 1-0 Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg win at Tottenham.
Thiago Silva and N'Golo Kante returned after isolation to sit on the bench in north London in midweek, however Chelsea solely lasted two days with none Covid absentees.
Chelsea boss Tuchel lamented the uncertainty of Covid-19 testing as akin to 'catching fish', with a raft of gamers nonetheless discovering their ft after absences and others now lacking once more.
'To have the information that Andreas Christensen is once more out after we waited so lengthy for him, and now he performs so, so sturdy, and once more he is out,' Tuchel mentioned.
'It is a bit of a setback for everyone, for us mentally. We have to over-perform to catch Metropolis and be on high of the Premier League. And to over-perform we want merely everyone.
'It's Thiago Silva and N'Golo Kante, nevertheless it's Thiago Silva and N'Golo Kante with one coaching session.
'We want a bit extra of a struggle to convey out the additional edge. That is what we're lacking, not in a nasty method, nevertheless it's not sufficient. You lastly have gamers again, and it is similar to catching fish.'
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