Chelsea were beaten 3-1 by Leeds United in the Premier League and Blues legend John Terry has given his verdict
Chelsea legend John Terry has slammed his former club’s performance against Leeds United as they fell to a shock 3-1 defeat at Elland Road.
The Blues had gone into the game in good form, having recently beaten Barcelona in the Champions League and held leaders Arsenal to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League.
However, Enzo Maresca’s side lost in disappointing fashion at Elland Road on Wednesday night thanks to goals from Jaka Bijol, Ao Tanaka and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Pedro Neto’s goal in the second half offered some hope to Chelsea, but it proved not to be enough as the Blues suffered an untimely defeat.
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Terry, who won 15 major trophies with Chelsea and made more than 700 appearances for the club, launched into a passionate rant about the defeat at Elland Road.
“What a poor performance that was,” Terry said in a video posted on his TikTok account. “Everything I said about Leeds away, they were going to be aggressive, fans were going to be up for it, it’s a hostile place to go.
“You either go there and match them, or you take the sting out of it completely, and by the looks of it, we certainly didn’t do that in the first half.
“We cannot follow up two unbelievable performances – one against Barcelona and [one] against Arsenal – with that performance tonight, because it’s certainly not going to make you title contenders at the end of it.
“Unfortunately, that’s what’s going to cost us at the end of it, we are inexperienced and if you can’t go Leeds away and know what to expect.
“You need to go there and show the fight, match Leeds in every single way and then earn your right to play. After 15, 20 minutes, then you play your football once you’ve earned that right.”
Terry added: “Goal from a set piece, individual mistakes defensively, clearly not good enough.
“Maybe that’s an opportunity for the manager to look at the squad and go, ‘Okay rotations not for me moving forward, I know my best starting 13-14 players and I’ll stick with that and the players are just going to have to deal with it’.”
Chelsea’s next match will see them face an away trip to Bournemouth at the weekend, where they will be looking to close the gap on leaders Arsenal and improve on their current fourth-place position.
