Chelsea captain John Terry heaped praise on his teammates after their win over Arsenal.
The centre-half and Chelsea skipper has been under intense pressure from the media over the last fortnight, culminating in the loss of the England captaincy on Friday, but turned in an excellent performance against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday to help set up a memorable 2-0 win.
He told Chelsea TV: "I go away full of delight today and I'd like to thank every single fan for the way they treated me. On a second note, as the manager said, we needed to defend well and I thought big Pete was brilliant. He came for crosses, made a great save from Bendtner in the second half and just scooped it away.
"Ash was brilliant, Riccy, Iva brilliant, really solid, but then going forward we were great and caught them a few times on the counter-attack, so overall a great performance and I mean it from my heart, I'd like to thank everyone for today, thank you."