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Chelsea Rescued By Terry’s Dramatic Injury Time Goal

Chelsea captain, John Terry, came from being the villain to a hero as the Blues escaped another home defeat on Saturday. A late equalizer by … Continue reading Chelsea Rescued By Terry’s Dramatic Injury Time Goal


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ChelseaChelsea captain, John Terry, came from being the villain to a hero as the Blues escaped another home defeat on Saturday.

A late equalizer by the 35-year-old ensured the game against Everton ended 3-3 at Stamford Bridge.

Terry had put the ball past his own goalkeeper to give Everton the lead five minutes after half-time.

Kevin Mirallas doubled the advantage for visitors six minutes later, finishing superbly after Leighton Baines’ cross.

Chelsea rallied back and this paid off with Diego Costa pulling a goal back for the home side after 64 minutes as Chelsea got themselves back into the match.

Chelsea were level just moments later courtesy of Cesc Fabregas after linking up with Spain team-mate Costa.

Another dreadful Chelsea defending allowed Ramiro Funes Mori to sneak in at the far post in the first of seven added-on minutes and score what appeared to be an Everton winner.

John Terry, however, scored with the last kick of the game in the 98th minute to rescue a point for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Terry, who appeared to be just offside after TV replays, latched on to Oscar’s touch before bundling the ball home.

Everton players showed disgust wondering why the referee had not ended the game. Seven minutes of added time had been indicated following a nasty looking injury to Everton’s Bryan Oviedo.

Everton manager, Roberto Martinez blamed referee Mike Jones and his assistants for denying the Toffees a first Premier League victory in 21 matches against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

“Refereeing wise you cannot justify, you cannot explain it,” he told BBC Sport.

“It cost us two points – it’s a clear-cut offside that should have been spotted. To make it worse, it’s 50 seconds over time. It’s something that’s not good enough.

“There is no explanation. It’s a big, big error. My reaction is of anger, pure anger.”

Chelsea manager, Guus Hiddink, said that he asked the fourth official to add on time for Everton’s celebrations following Ramiro Funes Mori’s 90th minute goal.

“There were seven minutes added on but I told the ref they celebrated for 1.5 minutes in our corner, so I said ‘add a minute more’,”he said.