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16th Sep 2015

Gerrard: Chelsea need John Terry in their team to succeed (Video)

Stevie Plea

Nooruddean Choudry

Steven Gerrard expressed surprise at Chelsea dropping John Terry – and felt Jose Mourinho may have made a mistake.

The Chelsea boss has replaced Terry with youngster Kurt Zouma for Wednesday night’s Champions League clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

But Gerrard, speaking as a pundit for BT Sport, felt that Terry’s experience and stature was invaluable if Chelsea were to turn their season round.

Insisting that a manager should always play his captain, could it be that Gerrard was also making a point to Brendan Rodgers?

Watch the LA Galaxy man stick up for his ex-England teammate below: