John Terry rescues Chelsea with 98th-minute equaliser against Everton

John Terry was offside but went unpunished when backheeling home in the 98th minute to rescue a 3-3 draw for Chelsea at home to Everton.

Chelsea began the match in 14th place, but were aiming to maintain their unbeaten run under interim manager Guus Hiddink. They started the match the brightest, but Everton also had chances in the first half. Everton were unbeaten in four matches, and they showed their good form with some resilient defending, and ended the half the stronger of the two sides.

In what transpired to be a hugely dramatic second half, though, Chelsea quickly fell behind to Terry’s own goal, a deficit doubled by Kevin Mirallas’s exceptional turn and shot. But Diego Costa pulled one back after a defensive mix-up, and two minutes later Cesc Fabregas’s deflected shot levelled the scores.

Ramiro Funes Mori’s brilliant leap at the near post gave Everton the winner, it seemed, until with eight minutes of injury time gone, Terry backheeled past Howard from an offside position, after the allotted seven minutes of injury time had passed. Terry had risked Chelsea's defeat, but been the man to rescue the match too.

49’ - GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Everton. Terry scores an own goal - Barry finds Lukaku on the right wing, he beats his way past four players and finds Barkley. He rolls it out wide for Baines on the overlap. Baines looks for Lukaku in the six-yard box, and it flicks off Terry into the net.

56’ - GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Everton. Mirallas scores - Barkley drives forward, plays the ball out right for Lennon. He switches play to the left to Baines. He curls in a low cross for Mirallas, who flicks the ball up, away from Mikel, and he then volleys into the far post.

64’ - GOAL! Chelsea 1-2 Everton. Costa scores - Fabregas floats a long ball forward which Jagielka watches drop over his shoulder. Having waited too long to deal with it, Costa brushes him aside, the ball goes around Howard, and Costa can tap into an empty net.

66’ - GOAL! Chelsea 2-2 Everton. Fabregas scores - Oscar plays the ball to Fabregas, who runs forward, plays a one-two with Costa, and the ball takes a huge deflection to beat Howard.

90+1’ - GOAL! Chelsea 2-3 Everton. Funes Mori scores - His corner is headed out by Remy. He flights in a cross to the back post, and Funes Mori leaps into the air and sidefoots the ball with the outside of his boot.

90+8’ - GOAL! Chelsea 3-3 Everton. Terry scores - Everton can't clear the ball. Two headers loop into the box, it comes off Oscar's head into Terry's path. He's offside, but he backheels past Howard to equalise.

John Terry scored an own goal and the equaliser on his 700th appearance for Chelsea.

This is the first time Roberto Martinez has not lost away, in the Premier League, at Chelsea.

Should John Terry’s goal have stood? It was obviously offside, so the answer is no. But apart from that, it’s hard to tell just where the referee got all the added time from at the end of initial seven minutes. Not that Terry, or Chelsea fans, will care, but it’s another example of the poor standard of refereeing in the league.

Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea): Diego Costa appears to be back in form, and John Terry has rekindled his knack for dramatic goals, but Fabregas was at the heart of the Chelsea’s success. His passing kept Everton on the back foot despite their own attacking play, with Costa providing plenty to aim at behind the Everton defence.

Chelsea: Courtois 6, Ivanovic 5, Zouma 6, Terry 6, Azpilicueta 6, Mikel 6, Matic 5, Willian 6, Fabregas 7, Pedro 5, Diego Costa 7. Subs: Kenedy 6, Oscar 6, Remy 6.

Everton: Howard 6, Baines 6, Jagielka 5, Stones 6, Oviedo 6, Barry 6, Besic 6, Mirallas 7, Barkley 6, Lennon 6, Lukaku 6. Subs: Deulofeu 7, Pienaar 6, Funes Mori 7.