TERRACE TALK: Chelsea - A corner turned, but I can’t forgive the snakes

The sense of relief as we watched what we recognised as a “typical” (as in last season) Chelsea performance at Selhurst Park was palpable.

Three goals. THREE! And a clean sheet! The away end was very happy — as was every Chelsea fan. But for me, and I know that I am probably in the large minority here, I still felt cheated.

It’s going to take me a while to get over this and I’m still not sure whether some of those players will ever be truly forgiven as far as I am concerned. There must have been at least a few hundred who agreed, as a chant of “Jose Mourinho” went up halfway through the game. Just for the record, I didn’t join in.