Reuters
London, March 2: John Terry embellished his status to Chelsea fans as ‘captain, leader, legend’ by scoring the goal that set his side on the way to a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Capital One League Cup final at a rain-sodden Wembley here Sunday.
The former England captain was once again an inspirational presence for the club that adore him as he defended like a lion and scored a 45th-minute goal to ease Chelsea nerves before Kyle Walker’s deflected own goal from a Diego Costa shot settled the final in the 56th minute.
It meant an ecstatic Terry lifting the League Cup 10 years since he first did so under Jose Mourinho’s watch – and just as in the last reign of ‘The Special One’, he will be hopeful that it signals an era of supremacy for the west London club.
“That’s the first one, it’s massive. It meant an awful lot to us (to win the League Cup) in 2004-05 in Jose’s first year here,” Terry told ‘Sky Sports’ after the game. “That could be the start of something very good but we have to kick on and we have the league to focus on, but it’s a great win today (Sunday).”
There could be no argument about Chelsea’s superiority against a side who thrashed them on New Year’s Day even though Spurs had the better of a poor first half in which the one moment of quality was Christian Eriksen’s free- kick for Spurs that rattled Petr Cech’s bar.
