David Moyes admits Sunderland agreed to put ball out for John Terry tribute
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Published 21/05/2017 at 18:48 GMT
Sunderland manager David Moyes admitted after his team's 5-1 defeat to Premier League champions Chelsea that they were aware of the planned tribute for departing Blues' skipper John Terry and agreed to put the ball out.
John Terry of Chelsea is given a guard of honour by his team mates as he leaves the pitch during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on May 21, 2017 in London, England.
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Sunday was Terry's last game in a Chelsea shirt and the captain started the match, as he had done against Watford on Monday.
It was widely assumed that he would see out the match but around 20 minutes in Gary Cahill started to warm-up on the sidelines and it quickly dawned on those in the stadium that Terry was going to be taken off in the 26th minute, the same as his shirt number.
During the 26th minute the ball broke to Jordan Pickford and he was urged to put the ball out by Diego Costa and the rest of the Stamford Bridge and he duly obliged to let Terry leave the pitch to a guard of honour from his team-mates and a standing ovation from the crowd.
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John Terry of Chelsea and Cesar Azpilicueta of Chelsea embrace during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on May 21, 2017 in London, England.
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Speaking after the game Moyes admitted “We knew it was coming and we agreed to put the ball out.”
Terry told Sky Sports afterwards that "I had a discussion with the manager – I think he wanted to get the boys that didn’t play on Monday night against Watford and give them a run out. So I kind of negotiated with him to play 26 minutes and come off. It was a compromise between the two of us,"
Moyes added in his own press conference that he would talk to Sunderland owner Ellis Short next week to discuss his future.
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Sunderland's Scottish manager David Moyes gestures from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge in London on May 21, 2017.
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"I will chat with the owner over the next few days and we will see where we are," he added. "It will be me and him having a conversation. We've had a couple of conversations and we'll talk again this week.
"We want to come back. You have to try and do it quickly if you can, that's the best way. If not there are other clubs in the Championship who have done it another way, taking a bit of time to rebuild.
"Hopefully we will know a bit more in the next few days, get things in place and take it from there."
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