Defiant Chelsea get back on track

IT is so often the case in football we have to look to the opposite to see the true context.

For instance, what if a Chelsea defeat had seen them fall 12 points behind Manchester City? What if John Terry had not swapped shirts with Yakubu afterwards? And would the atmosphere have been even stranger if Blackburn had, as they should have, been a goal up when a plane flew overhead towing a banner that read ‘Steve Kean out!’? Chelsea’s victory, which followed back-to-back Premier League defeats to QPR and Arsenal, did not necessarily tell us that they have a chance of reeling City in but it kept them in with a shout.

But, as if we did not already know, it made it clear that although Terry enjoys the total support of Chelsea’s fans, non-Stamford Bridge supporters have not taken kindly to the latest furore that surrounds him.