Monday 11 May 2015

Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool: 5 things we learnt

Chelsea's John Terry celebrates scoring his team's opening goal

Captain fantastic: John Terry opened the scoring for the home side
Chelsea may have put the finishing touches on their title win last week, but they were in no mood to do Liverpool any favours on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho's men dealt the Reds' hopes of finishing in the top four another blow, holding their visitors to a draw in a slow-burning match at Stamford Bridge.
Mathematically, Liverpool can still overhaul Manchester United in the race for fourth position, but they now need a miracle – and a stupid number of goals – if they hope to play in the Champions League next term.
Here are five things we learnt from the game:

John Terry can only have dreamed of a season like this

They said his race was run. They said it was time for change. They said – and this must have really been a dagger to that ego – that he was past it.
John Terry's critics are nowhere to be seen now, however. This has been a magnificent season for the centre-back, who has been both the chief organising force in Chelsea's mean, lean defence, and an effective attacking gun-for-hire at set pieces.

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