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Terry insists all is well with Chelsea boss Villas-Boas

Chelsea captain John Terry has made it clear that there is no bad blood between he and manager Andre Villas-Boas.

The Blues defender has been criticised for not fully joining in the goal celebrations when Ramires netted the opener in the 2-1 win at Wolves yesterday as all other players embraced Villas-Boas and other coaching staff on the touchline.

But Terry has defended himself for not getting too carried away as he was more worried about Wolves restarting the match before Chelsea were back in position.

"I want to make it clear I'm 100 per cent behind the manager," Terry told the London Evening Standard. "There are no problems behind the scenes.

"The manager has made it clear the players who want to stay here will be here and the ones who don't can move on. I have seen on the news today that people are saying I didn't celebrate with the manager for the first goal against Wolves but I did.

"I ran over there and I was worried that Wolves were about to restart and take the kick-off and catch us on the break while we were celebrating. I had a quick celebration with him then after the game as well.

"Roman [Abramovich] is fully behind him, the club as well, and he is making these changes, not for the short term but for the long term as well.

"He is going to be the man in charge and we all have to respect his decisions. He has been very up front with all of us so we can't argue with what he's done."

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