Twitter reacts to John Terry's controversial red card against West Brom
For the first time in over five years and for the fifth time in his career, John Terry was forced to exit a Premier League fixture prematurely due to a red card on Sunday.
In the 54th minute of Chelsea's match at West Bromwich Albion, Terry was assigned a second yellow card after referee Mark Clattenburg deemed that he had brought down clear-on-goal Jose Salomon Rondon, West Brom's club-record signing.
So. Many. Stats...
This is the first time Terry has failed to finish consecutive games for #CFC having started both pic.twitter.com/OxkJudsdQy
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 23, 2015
Replays showed minimal contact, although Terry did appear to grab Rondon's right arm. The sending-off marks yet another setback in a season to forget for the veteran centre-back, who's now equal with Frank Leboeuf's club record of five Premier League red cards at Chelsea.
Sure enough, Twitter wasted no time in reacting to the incident:
Assume John Terry was sent off early so he could make his flight here for the Los Angeles-NYC match
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) August 23, 2015
John Terry looks close to tears as he walks off after being sent off at West Brom #cfc http://t.co/Ddqmjlp7vN pic.twitter.com/j65coFBmot
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) August 23, 2015
John Terry has been shown a red card,
I'm understanding that he will now be unavailable for the rest of the game.
— Obvious Owen (@Obvious_Owenn) August 23, 2015
Insert your own John Terry/Chelsea/Mourinho joke here. pic.twitter.com/vKjhIqG9K3
— Soccer Gods (@soccergods) August 23, 2015
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; #JohnTerry
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) August 23, 2015