Interim boss Calum McFarlane has denied accusations that Chelsea's players have 'downed tools' this season.Thousands of angry fans left Stamford Bridge early on Monday as the Blues slipped to a sixth straight Premier League defeat against Nottingham Forest.That desperate run, their worst since 1993, means Chelsea cannot finish in the top five and qualify automatically for the Champions League.Performances may suggest otherwise, but ahead of Saturday's trip to Liverpool, McFarlane insisted his sq

Interim boss Calum McFarlane has denied accusations that Chelsea's players have 'downed tools' this season.Thousands of angry fans left Stamford Bridge early on Monday as the Blues slipped to a sixth straight Premier League defeat against Nottingham Forest.That desperate run, their worst since 1993, means Chelsea cannot finish in the top five and qualify automatically for the Champions League.Performances may suggest otherwise, but ahead of Saturday's trip to Liverpool, McFarlane insisted his squad have not thrown in the towel."No, I wouldn't agree with that," he said at his pre-match press conference."The performances haven't been good enough, we're in a really bad run at the moment."But I do see these boys every day, every training session, every meeting, in the gym, they are in a good place to go and attack games."We just haven't been able to translate that on the game on Monday, so hopefully we can improve that on Saturday."McFarlane will be without goalkeeper Robert Sanchez owing