Chelsea lack leadership without Terry — Rio Ferdinand


Rio Ferdinand has warned Jose Mourinho that his Chelsea side lack leadership when John Terry isn’t on the pitch.
Jose Mourinho’s side slipped to a fifth defeat of the season at the Estadio do Dragao, with Porto making Chelsea for several careless errors in defence, an increasingly regular occurrence in a disappointing campaign for the champions.







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