Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins has defended under-fire stopper John Terry, praising his recent form for club and country.
The 29-year-old was booed by sections of the Wembley crowd in England's midweek 3-1 victory over Egypt, but Wilkins believes he rose to the occasion and put in a good performance.
"That's the way you have to do things when things aren't quite going your way, and John did that on Wednesday," Wilkins told the club's official website.
"His first touch he must have been dreading and then he put it out of play bless him, but after that he was outstanding and turned those people round."
Terry has made a few mistakes in recent games for the Blues, but Wilkins is very happy with what he has seen over the course of the season.
"He's been doing it all season for us, we have no problems whatsoever with John and the atmosphere in the camp has been superb," he said.
"Where John plays, if he makes a mistake more often than not the opposition will get a chance of scoring a goal, and that's been the case. John's openly admitted he's made a couple of errors but that's one of those things, all players make mistakes.
"I've been thrilled with the way he's played, I thought he was excellent against Egypt and we have no qualms whatsoever, he's been in top, top form for us."
Stoke City are the visitors for Chelsea on Sunday, in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, and Wilkins is expecting a tough contest.
"I am sure a lot of us were thinking it might be Manchester City we were playing against on Sunday, but credit to Stoke and we're in for a very tough game," he said.
"They have quality, what Tony Pulis has done has been quite exceptional and they've played with a lot of style at times.
Yes we'll have to defend very bravely when these long throws and set plays come in but that's part and parcel of the game and we'll have to be up for that."
The 29-year-old was booed by sections of the Wembley crowd in England's midweek 3-1 victory over Egypt, but Wilkins believes he rose to the occasion and put in a good performance.
"That's the way you have to do things when things aren't quite going your way, and John did that on Wednesday," Wilkins told the club's official website.
"His first touch he must have been dreading and then he put it out of play bless him, but after that he was outstanding and turned those people round."
Terry has made a few mistakes in recent games for the Blues, but Wilkins is very happy with what he has seen over the course of the season.
"He's been doing it all season for us, we have no problems whatsoever with John and the atmosphere in the camp has been superb," he said.
"Where John plays, if he makes a mistake more often than not the opposition will get a chance of scoring a goal, and that's been the case. John's openly admitted he's made a couple of errors but that's one of those things, all players make mistakes.
"I've been thrilled with the way he's played, I thought he was excellent against Egypt and we have no qualms whatsoever, he's been in top, top form for us."
Stoke City are the visitors for Chelsea on Sunday, in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, and Wilkins is expecting a tough contest.
"I am sure a lot of us were thinking it might be Manchester City we were playing against on Sunday, but credit to Stoke and we're in for a very tough game," he said.
"They have quality, what Tony Pulis has done has been quite exceptional and they've played with a lot of style at times.
Yes we'll have to defend very bravely when these long throws and set plays come in but that's part and parcel of the game and we'll have to be up for that."
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