Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has insisted that playing on Saturday is "difficult" for his players following their Champions League action in midweek.

The Portuguese coach has revealed that the team have not trained since their 1-1 draw with Galatasaray in the first leg of their round-of-16 tie in Turkey on Wednesday.

"We arrived [back from Istanbul] at 6am in the morning," BBC Sport quotes Mourinho as saying. "Yesterday, we didn't train and we didn't train today. We don't play Sunday, which would be difficult, we play Saturday which makes it even more difficult.

According to the Blues' official Twitter page, Mourinho added: "We all prefer to play game after game but we want to do it with conditions to recover and equal conditions for everyone. It makes the players job difficult, I don't play so it's not a problem for me or the people that make the fixtures.

"These are questions that need answering. I'm nobody and my legs are fresh from the match. I didn't sleep a lot but my legs are fresh. For the players, it is different."

Chelsea, who are currently at the top of the Premier League, table, will play Fulham at Craven Cottage tomorrow.