John Terry has revealed he is still haunted by the memory of his penalty miss that cost Chelsea a first Champions League title against Manchester United in Moscow almost seven years ago . The Chelsea captain took what could have been the decisive penalty at the end of a 1-1 draw in the first ever final between two English clubs , but slipped on the run-up and hit the post to send the shoot-out into sudden death . Nicolas Anelka went on to miss Chelsea 's seventh spot-kick to hand United a domestic and European double , but Terry 's miss is still seen as the decisive and iconic moment at Moscow 's Luzhniki Stadium . John Terry says he is still haunted during the night by his penalty miss in the 2008 Champions League final . The Chelsea captain slipped on what could have been the decisive penalty against Manchester United . United goalkeeper Edwin van der Saar celebrates in the Moscow rain as Terry crumples to the ground . And having cried on the pitch during the post-match ceremonies , Terry says he still wakes up at night thinking of what could have been with regular flashbacks to his slip . ‘ I ’ ll definitely never be over it , ' he said . ' I still wake up in the night now and it ’ s like “ s*** ” , it ’ s there and then you go back to sleep . 'It ’ s eased over the years for sure . But I still have a few times a year when I wake up and , bang , it ’ s on my mind . It ’ ll never go . It ’ s one of those things , it ’ s disappointing , and I was gutted at the time . ' Terry admits that while he has begun to get over the pain of the memory , it still comes back to him at night . Terry stands back on the half-way line with his team-mates to watch the rest of the penalties in Moscow . There was little time for Terry to get over his horror moment in May 2008 , with the Chelsea centre back called up to the England squad for a friendly against the USA almost immediately after the final . Terry scored in a 2-0 win at Wembley against the Americans but still ranks the build up to the game , spent with United players Wes Brown , Owen Hargreaves , Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney , as one of the worst times of his career . ‘ The worst thing was , we had England the following week , we played USA at Wembley and I had to go and sit at a table with all the Man United players , ' Terry told a Chelsea Pitch Owners dinner this week . Terry had to endure a week on England duty with United players including Rio Ferdinand ( second left ) , West Brown ( centre ) and Owen Hargreaves ( second right ) who he had played against on that night in Moscow . The Chelsea and England captain scored in a 2-0 win against the USA a week on from his penalty miss . ' I was just sitting there fuming . I didn ’ t want to be there . It was a horrible time for me. ’ Chelsea did eventually go on to be crowned European champions after beating Bayern Munich on penalties in the 2012 final , but Terry was suspended after being sent off the semi-final second leg against Barcelona . Terry lifted his knee into the back of then-Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez and was shown the red card that ruled him out of the showpiece at the Allianz Arena - but he still ranks the final as one of his best footballing moments . Despite not playing in the final , Terry was lucky enough to win the Champions League four years later . Having been sent off in the semi-final second leg , Terry had to watch on from the stands at the Allianz Arena . 'It was probably the worst 120 minutes I 've sat through , ' Terry said of the final . 'It is horrible because you want to do something , you want to make something happen , but for me , it 's still the best night of my life with Chelsea . 'It goes back to Moscow , with that I was n't meant to be part of that . I feel part of it , I played a lot of games before that but I think for me , not playing , it was meant to be . I was n't meant to play , we were meant to win . That was it , as simple as that . 'And for me that was the most pleasing thing , to see Chelsea win the Champions League after what happened in Moscow ticked a box for me and definitely made those sleepless nights easier . ' Didier Drogba netted the winning penalty in the 2012 shoot-out to give Chelsea the European crown .
John Terry missed his penalty in the 2008 Champions League final . He had the chance to win the cup for Chelsea but they eventually lost out . Terry says he is still haunted at night by memories of the penalty miss . Manchester United came out as European champions after Terry 's slip . Terry says his exclusion from 2012 triumph was 'just meant to be '