Chelsea captain John Terry has defended his players’ conduct in their Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, according to reports from Sky Sports.

The Blues were knocked out of the competition after a 2-2 draw, with PSG advancing to the quarter finals on the away goals rule after the game finished 3-3 on aggregate.

However, the main story was a controversial incident in which the Chelsea players surrounded the referee after a late challenge from Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Oscar, resulting in the Sweden captain being sent off.

The striker went on to blast the Blues stars as ’11 babies’ during an interview, with several pundits also branding the conduct of Mourinho’s men as ‘disgraceful’.

But Terry is adamant that his team was just trying to support one another in an intense European encounter.

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"Once they're charging the ref, the only thing we can do is respond," he said. "You can't as a group of players let them surround the ref, trying to get our players booked.

"For me if I have to run 20, 30 yards, it doesn't look great but when you're standing back and seeing five or six of their players surrounding the ref, for me I think I support my team-mates.

"And once I go, four or five go with me, it doesn't look good at all but that's part of the game. We'll match it if people want to mix it, that's part of our game as well.

"You have to stick up for your team-mates. Every other side is as bad as each other. It's part of the game."

Chelsea now only have the Premier League left to play for, but the title is theirs to lose as the Stamford Bridge club lead second place Manchester City by five points, and also have a game in hand.

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