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John Terry demands response from Chelsea after loss at Tottenham

John Terry hopes Chelsea will respond to seeing their eight-point lead over defending Premier League champions Manchester City reduced to zero.

Chelsea lost 5-3 at Tottenham on New Year's Day and now sit level with City at the top of the table after Frank Lampard, a teammate of Terry's for 13 seasons at Stamford Bridge, scored to earn last season's league winners victory over Sunderland earlier in the day.

It was the Blues' second loss of the season, but stuttering away form has allowed City to wipe out the deficit which in November had many predicting a Chelsea procession to the title.

"It's hard to see them claw us back,'' Terry said on Chelsea's official website. "We were eight points in front and now we're level on points.

"It's disappointing to have lost that lead but we said in the dressing room we'll come together, put a run together and hopefully get a lead again.''

Jose Mourinho, who railed over a "clear campaign'' against Chelsea following the draw at Southampton, was outraged by further perceived injustices against his side.

Like his manager, Terry believed the Blues should have had a penalty when 1-0 up after Jan Vertonghen fell on the ball and brushed it with his hand.

"We should have had a penalty at Southampton and we should have had another one at 1-0,'' said the captain, who scored Chelsea's third, which proved little more than consolation.

"The game's finished then. Sometimes you get them, sometimes you don't, and in the last few games we haven't.

"We're very disappointed to start the New Year with a defeat but we'll move on from this.

"I thought at times we played some really good football, it just wasn't our day, so we'll forget this one and move on very quickly.

"Once we got the goal they were on the back foot but they scored from nothing and were back in the game.''

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