Cesc Fabregas- Chelsea FC Crisis is giving me Sleepless Nights

The Spain midfielder admitted he had been down in the dumps over the slump which has seen the champions plummet to 16th.

He said the loss of seven games this season in the league had come as a huge shock to him, manager Jose Mourinho and team-mates, with such poor form something none of them are used to.

"Sometimes when I am at home, in bed, I wonder," said Fabregas.

"You have your own thoughts and the manager will have his thoughts about what is going on and it is all about talking about things and putting this right all together."

Pressed as to whether he was really staying awake at night worrying about the problems at Stamford Bridge, he added: "Yes, when things don't go right.

"Football is my life. It is everything to me. My family keep me happy sometimes, but when football does not go well, my life is not happy.I try to fix it and try to put it right. We are used to always being at the top.This season has been really difficult, obviously. We are not in the best moment at the club".

"We want to lift ourselves up and we want to start playing better than we have been doing. It has been difficult as we don't like to be losing. For me and the manager and some other players, we have always been lucky enough to play for big teams. Always trying to get to the top and always be fighting for things. In the Champions League, we are still there and the FA Cup has not even started yet".

"So it is all about the League, trying to put the good performances in week-in, week-out and trying to be as high as we can around Christmas because then, it will be a very, very tough time."
Fabregas insisted he was totally behind under-pressure boss Mourinho. "I cannot support him even more than I am doing," he said.

"I am always saying he deserves it, 100 per cent. We are not playing well but that does not mean we are not in favour of the manager or something like that.