"For me he is the best in the world at the moment," said Terry. "How do I stop him? I pass him on to Ashley Cole. I totally admire the player after the stick he got. He has done so well on and off the pitch and, honestly, I could watch Man United just to watch him. He does things with the ball you don't see anyone else in the world doing. When he is at his best I don't think there are many people who can stop him.
"When he runs at you with his tricks and his skills you don't know which way he is going. If you double up on him he passes to Rooney and he does it. Where do you stop? You can't double up on everyone. It's a case of us defending very well."
Terry admits that United are playing more attractive football than Chelsea, "We are not banging them in as much as them and we might not be as good as them to watch at the moment but we are certainly getting the results and that's the main thing. I don't think anyone has any edge coming into this. If we play at our best and Man United don't, we will win it. If we don't and they do, then they will win.
"Rio has been playing brilliantly well alongside Vidic and he is a big miss for them. Those two out of the team is the backbone and any team would miss them. The last couple of years we have run away with it and they have shown great desire to come back this year and really fight and push us. But we are pushing them right to the wire now. One result and it swings back in our favour."