Terry still believing

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If Chelsea can come out of this season with any sort of silverware, then it would be nothing short of a miracle. After such a mixed bag of a season, to still be in with any chance of success shows just how crazy this campaign has been. For football betting advice the league has been completely unpredictable.

As the season enters its home-straight, Carlo Ancelotti’s men still have an outside chance of clinging on to their Premiership crown as well as finally ending their Champions League hoodoo.

Currently fourth, two points behind Manchester City and nine behind leader United, Chelsea will have been fortunate to the inconsistent form of the teams ahead of them to still have a chance this year but I still wouldn’t recommend in football betting picks. Next weekend’s crunch match against City will have a major say as to whether or not Chelsea can keep clinging onto the leader’s coat-tails.

As well as the league, Chelsea are also still battling it out in the Champions League, heavy favourites to reach the quarter-finals when they take on Copenhagen at Stamford Bridge this week. Skipper John Terry has made it clear that he still believes this season is far from decided and has vowed to fight until the death to ensure the season doesn’t go down as a complete failure.

Terry sees blessing in defeat

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Chelsea’s Premier League title bid has been given a “kick up the backside” by their defeat to Liverpool, a result that cut their lead at the top of the table.

Blues captain John Terry played the full 90 minutes as two goals from Fernando Torres could have possibly reignited the Anfield side’s Premier League top four bid while hitting a damaging blow to Chelsea’s title defence.
Chelsea are now only two points ahead of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table, but the club are now looking a pale shadow of the side which started the season in such devastating fashion.

They do not have to wait long to bounce back from the Anfield defeat when they face Fulham at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. Ancelotti will demand three points from his side, but Terry can see positives from both the latest loss and the side’s struggles against Blackburn previously. Anyone looking to bet on Premier League games may want to bear this in mind.

The skipper claims the club cannot “take things for granted” and the defeat at Liverpool could be a stark reminder that the club “all needed”.

“We haven’t been playing too well recently but have been grinding out results,” Terry said.

“We have another gear to find and we’re still at the top of the Premier League, so we have to be encouraged by that but we can’t forget what has got us there in the first place.”

Ancelotti claims he is not too disheartened by the Liverpool defeat and he does not think it will have too many repercussions on the club’s Premier League title bid and the football predictions reflect this.

The Italian manager claims he was “happy” to see the team improve during the second half of the game, despite the obvious disappointment in seeing them go down to their second defeat of the season.