Former Chelsea skipper and Aston Villa coach John Terry mercilessly mocked Tottenham both during and after his side’s 2-1 victory over the north Londoners on Wednesday night.
Spurs went ahead through Steven Bergwijn but gifted Villa two goals, with Sergio Reguilon slashing the ball past his own keeper before giving Ollie Watkins an easy opportunity to put the visitors ahead.
Although Tottenham improved in the second half, they struggled to breach their opponents’ defence and limped to defeat in their last home match of the campaign.
With just one game left to play, Tottenham sit in seventh position in the Premier League table and need to beat Leicester on the final day of the season and hope West Ham lose to Southampton in order to get a spot in the Europa League.
During Wednesday’s defeat, a huge number of fans – who were allowed back into the stadium – decided to give Terry some stick, singing a chant about Ledley King (‘Oh Ledley, Ledley, He’s better than John Terry’) which belittles the former Chelsea player.
The Chelsea legend, who was on the touchline, responded by turning to the fans and lifting an imaginary trophy, with Terry having won more honours than Spurs – though they did beat the blues in the Carling Cup final in 2008.
Terry’s mocking of Spurs continued on Instagram after the game, sharing a post of his banter with the Tottenham supporters and he added 17 trophy emojis as well as two crying-laughing emojis.
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He also aimed another dig at Tottenham in a post of his own, referencing the way Chelsea used to call White Hart Lane ‘Three Point Lane’ because they had a good record there.
‘Great way to bounce back tonight,’ he wrote. ‘I enjoyed that one. ‘Superb team performance. Different stadium, same old story. Three points…’
To make matters worse for Spurs, if they beat Leicester on Sunday they will hand Chelsea a place in the Champions League and could end up playing in the Europa League themselves.
Tottenham’s latest defeat was their 12th of the campaign and leaves them level on 59 points with Everton, while Arsenal are only one point further back and have a easier final game against Brighton.
