Terry creaking under strain

RECENT events have shown self-control is not John Terry’s strong suit and once again, when the moment called for humility and contrition, the shamed Chelsea captain got it badly wrong.

Asked for his response to Craig Bellamy’s withering post-match character assassination – the Manchester City striker had declared “nobody in football was surprised” that Terry’s complicated private life had caught up with him – the defender should have taken it on the chin.

Instead he reacted. “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”