Thursday, March 12, 2015

Chelsea will not stop putting pressure on referees, insists Terry

John Terry insists Chelsea's players
will not stop putting pressure on
referees but admits that their conduct
in Wednesday's Champions League
clash with Paris Saint-Germain at
Stamford Bridge "doesn't look great".
Following Zlatan Ibrahimovic's challenge on Oscar, which led to the
Swede's dismissal in the 31st minute, nine Chelsea players could be
seen surrounding Bjorn Kuipers, pleading with the referee to dismiss
the PSG sriker.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher branded Chelsea's
behaviour as "disgraceful" following the club's Champions League
exit but Terry maintains he and his team-mates were only reacting to
PSG's alleged attempts to influence the match official.
"Once they're charging the ref, the only thing we can do is respond,"
said the Chelsea captain.
"You can't, as a group of players, let them surround the ref, trying to
get our players booked.
"For me, if I have to run 20, 30 yards, it doesn't look great, but when
you're standing back and seeing five or six of their players
surrounding the ref, for me, I think I support my team-mates.
"And once I go, four or five go with me. It doesn't look good at all, but
that's part of the game. We'll match it if people want to mix it, that's
part of our game as well."
Despite Ibrahimovic's dismissal, Chelsea bowed out of the
Champions League on the away goals, after drawing 2-2 on the
night, and 3-3 on aggregate.

source: goal

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