EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Captain John Terry Questioned And Breathalysed By Police After Knocking Over And Breaking Leg Of Security Guard
Police investigating incident outside Stamford Bridge
By Amar Singh
The Blues skipper was breathalysed and quizzed by police in his home in the early hours of the morning following the incident -which took place after his side were knocked out of the Champions League by Inter Milan.
Police confirmed today that they are making enquiries into the incident - and that Terry sped off after injuring the club employee.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police were called at 23.13 on Tuesday the 16th March to Stamford Bridge to reports of a collision between a car and a pedestrian.
"London Ambulance Service and Police attended where a 35 year old male was found with a broken leg. He has been taken to a west London hospital where he is in a stable condition.
"The driver of a dark coloured 4 x 4 car failed to stop at the scene. No arrests were made though enquiries into the incident continue."
According to some eyewitness reports, Terry hit the man after stepping on the gas as his car was being mobbed by curious fans.
But Terry's spokesman Phil Hall blamed paparazzi photographers for obstructing his car as he attempted to leave the ground - and insisted that the player was unaware that he had hit someone.
He told Goal.com UK: "John was coming out of the car park and he was surrounded by paparazzi photographers. He was not driving very fast and a security guard waved him through. There were some fans there and they were telling the photographers to get out of the way.
Terry's spokesman added that the player had no idea that he had hit the man, until he received a phone call from the club an hour or so later.
He added: "John volunteered to go to the police station, and was breathalised in his home at 1.30 am."
Hall added that Terry had apologised to the security guard this morning in a telephone call.
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Here's the thoughts of Benfica coach Jorge Jesus, who felt his side deserved a point from the game.
"They were the better team on the night and that's the story of the day.
"We have to keep fighting, pick ourselves up, get the confidence back and challenge in the other competitions and in the second leg of this tie too.
"They punished us on every occasion; they scored some quality goals and they deserved to win."
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“The score made it look like it was an easy game, but it certainly wasn't.
(Strange... it looked pretty easy from where I was sitting, but hey.)
“I do not think it's over yet. I remember a clash between Milan and Deportivo la Coruna when Milan was also ahead by four goals, and in the end Deportivo eliminated Milan.
“I went into the Arsenal dressing room after the match to speak to Robin van Persie. I had agreed with him to swap shirts – my sons are big fans of his and he brought two for them. They will be delighted.
Van Bommel went on to talk about a possible move to PSV in the future, but was quick to point out his terms for the move.
“I've spoken with PSV, but we don't have an agreement yet. The club has to decide what they want.
“If Louis van Gaal turns out to be the new coach, I won't go.”
"Tonight everything went in the right direction and we did a very good match. You don't start a match thinking to win 4-0, but at the end i think we deserved it coz we played very well."
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