For the first time in over five years and for the fifth time in his career, John Terry was forced to exit a Premier League fixture prematurely due to a red card on Sunday.
In the 54th minute of Chelsea's match at West Bromwich Albion, Terry was assigned a second yellow card after referee Mark Clattenburg deemed that he had brought down clear-on-goal Jose Salomon Rondon, West Brom's club-record signing.
So. Many. Stats...
This is the first time Terry has failed to finish consecutive games for #CFC having started both pic.twitter.com/OxkJudsdQy
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 23, 2015
Replays showed minimal contact, although Terry did appear to grab Rondon's right arm. The sending-off marks yet another setback in a season to forget for the veteran centre-back, who's now equal with Frank Leboeuf's club record of five Premier League red cards at Chelsea.
Sure enough, Twitter wasted no time in reacting to the incident:
Assume John Terry was sent off early so he could make his flight here for the Los Angeles-NYC match
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) August 23, 2015
John Terry looks close to tears as he walks off after being sent off at West Brom #cfc http://t.co/Ddqmjlp7vN pic.twitter.com/j65coFBmot
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) August 23, 2015
John Terry has been shown a red card,
I'm understanding that he will now be unavailable for the rest of the game.
— Obvious Owen (@Obvious_Owenn) August 23, 2015
Insert your own John Terry/Chelsea/Mourinho joke here. pic.twitter.com/vKjhIqG9K3
— Soccer Gods (@soccergods) August 23, 2015
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; #JohnTerry
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) August 23, 2015
