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Did Terry get booked on purpose?

England captain John Terry has set tongues wagging with a bizarre yellow card for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

With the Blues cruising to a 3-0 Premier League win against Wolves in the 90th minute, Terry took an age dawdling over a throw-in and referee Lee Mason booked him for time-wasting.
Having been carded, Terry then tossed the ball to team-mate Juan Mata and jogged off.

The booking was Terry's fifth of the season, triggering an automatic one-match suspension.

Chelsea's next game is a Carling Cup tie against Liverpool, for which Terry may have been rested anyway, meaning he can serve his ban without missing any Premier League action.

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Towers4530d ago

I'm guessing he probably did. Beckham did the same for England as well. However Beckham did the stupid thing and tackled someone badly when there was no need for it, could have just hand balled it or did what Terry did.