Chelsea legend John Terry has aimed a dig at Arsenal following the 1-1 Premier League draw between the 2 clubs in west London on Sunday.
The Blues played the vast majority of the sport with 10 men after midfielder Moises Caicedo was shown a red card for a horror tackle on Mikel Merino.
Despite Arsenal having an additional player on the pitch, it was Chelsea who took the lead because of Trevoh Chalobah’s goal within the forty eighth minute.
But Merino levelled things up at Stamford Bridge just before the hour mark as each side picked up some extent.
The result means leaders Arsenal now have 30 points, ahead of Manchester City in second with 25 and Chelsea in third with 24.
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Speaking after the match, Terry took a swipe at Arsenal by claiming Chelsea were the one team attempting to win the match and singled out Chalobah for praise, saying he was ‘delighted’ for the Blues defender.
‘The sport’s just finished [in a draw] but I’m absolutely delighted with that performance from the boys,’ Terry said in a video posted on his TikTok account.
‘I believed we were by far the higher team, no matter spending the vast majority of the sport all the way down to 10 men.
‘But I believed the primary half, there was just one team on the front foot seeking to win the sport and showing aggression.
‘It’s a London derby and that’s what we would like to see from our players. Flying into tackles, a bit of little bit of aggression.
‘Unfortunately, the referee has killed the sport by handing out three yellow cards in the primary quarter-hour and taking the sting out of it.
‘No arguments with the Caicedo one, I feel that’s a red card, and unfortunately he’s going to be a giant miss for us.
‘But overall, I believed there was one team attempting to win the sport and that was us.
‘I believed we were excellent going forward, we were direct, really quick on the counter as well. We were solid defensively.
‘That could be tiring for the boys whenever you’re all the way down to 10 men, especially after a giant week against Barcelona [on Tuesday] and travelling away to Burnley last weekend.
‘Super performance from the boys, delighted for Chalobah scoring. We spoke about how necessary set-pieces were within the build-up to the sport and thankfully we were the team to get the advantage from that one.
‘Overall I’m delighted and we rest up and keep going. We’ve to be delighted with that today because Arsenal have been rolling teams over week after week to this point. Hence why they’re top of the league.
‘But they don’t get any further away from us on this title race to this point. I feel today, we’ve shown we are able to compete with the highest within the league and provides everyone a run for his or her money.’
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