john terry has launched an extraordinary defence of chelsea's bully boy tactics nine chelsea stars   including captain terry   surrounded the referee to successfully get paris saint germain striker zlatan ibrahimovic sent off for a lunge on oscar in their champions league defeat but terry has attempted to excuse the players' behaviour and insisted it was simply retaliation for psg's antics chelsea's players surround referee bjorn kuipers as he sends off zlatan ibrahimovic (second right) in the first half of the blues' defeat  john terry (centre) led the protests as he screamed at the referee following ibrahimovic's first half challenge in the second leg clash  the referee is almost completely hidden from view as the chelsea players make their case as they gained an early advantage  he said: 'if i have to run 20, 30 yards, it doesn't look great but when you're standing back and seeing five or six of their players surrounding the ref, for me i think i support my team mates 'and once i go, four or five go with me it doesn't look good at all but that's part of the game we'll match it if people want to mix it, that's part of our game as well 'there was an awful lot going on but ‎i don't think anyone got caught up in it 'once they're charging the ref, the only thing we can do is respond you can't as a group of players let them surround the ref, trying to get our players booked' ibrahimovic's challenge on chelsea midfielder oscar which earned the striker a red card many perceived to be harsh  ibrahimovic holds his hands up after the challenge as the chelsea players begin their protests which later drew criticism  chelsea striker diego costa makes a beeline for ibrahimovic as the referee raises the red card to send the swede for an early bath  terry also hit back at critics who accused chelsea players of behaving badly as they crashed out of the champions league ibrahimovic branded them 'babies' for their reaction to his tackle on oscar which persuaded dutch referee bjorn kuipers to send him off half an hour into the 2 2 draw at stamford bridge on tv, jamie carragher called the pressure they put on the officials 'disgraceful' and said it came from manager jose mourinho, while graeme souness said oscar's play acting was 'pathetic' 'coming from them?', was terry's initial response the chelsea captain added: 'i don't want to get involved in a row but as a group it's difficult it's there and you have to stick up for your team mates 'the fans want to see that and that's the same with every side every other side is as bad as each other it's part of the game it's maybe an excuse they're looking for but certainly not from our point' it made for a disappointing night for mourinho's players, dumped out on away goals despite leading twice and left to focus on the title race ibrahimovic called chelsea 'babies' for their reaction to the challenge which led to his dismissal but he has the last laugh as psg progressed  sportsmail columnist and sky sports pundit jamie carragher said the pressure chelsea put on the referee was 'disgraceful' carragher, thierry henry (centre) and graeme souness disect chelsea's exit from the champions league on sky sports  terry said: 'we have to pick ourselves up and go again at the weekend now we've got another big game against a very good southampton side 'we've got the capital one cup in the pocket and the premier league is a massive one to go for we're a few points clear and we need to keep that gap and maintain it we can only do that by responding and doing that the right way and coming back here and picking up three points 'the manager said then if we can win the capital one cup and the premier league, it will be a very successful year there is an awful lot to do but it's in our hands and we have to respond we've got four or five days until sunday's game '[we will have a] couple of days warm down, train and then pick ourselves right back up as a group of players, there's enough experience in the squad to rally round and get everyone going again' there will be no english teams in the last eight of the champions league unless arsenal or manchester city can overturn first leg defeats next week in monaco and barcelona respectively terry said: 'we've had our fair share of maintaining interest for english sides in the competition over the years it's disappointing to go out early it's different for us, we're normally in the hat for the next round for sure but from the club's point a view and the players and the fans, we're obviously really disappointed 'they probably deserved the win and going down to 10 they were probably the better side as well so i wish them good luck and we regroup and go again in this competition next season' psg captain thiago silva sends a looping header beyond thibaut courtois to send the french side into the quarter finals  former chelsea player david luiz celebrates at the final whistle as his psg side reached the last eight of the champions league 
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chelsea crashed out of the champions league to paris saint germain after drawing the second leg 2 2 . zlatan ibrahimovic was sent off for the visitors in the first half for a challenge on blues midfielder oscar . nine chelsea players immediately surrounded referee bjorn kuipers, led by captain john terry . ibrahimovic and jamie carragher were among those to voice criticism but terry has defended his side's behaviour 