As our game away at Stamford Bridge was on the Saturday lunch time, I rushed around in the morning, getting things done so that I could sit and watch the match on TV. Raji was off that day, so he watched with me, and Stephen joined us too about half an hour in.

I was expecting to be beaten as we have not been playing well lately, and Chelsea have not been beaten at home all season – never mind having anyone do the double over them, and we’d already beaten them earlier this season at CoMS. There was also all the hype about Bridge and Terry falling out after the latter had an affair with the former’s ex-partner and Bridge had publicly stated that he would not be shaking Terry’s hand during the Fair-play handshake. The fallout from this affair was so bad that Bridge had earlier in the week, stepped down from the England squad so as not to cause any division in the team. I shan’t dwell on the issue, but I do feel that Bridge has behaved with dignity throughout and shown himself to be the bigger man.

We played OK in the first 20-30 minutes and I was pleased that it was still 0 – 0. At half time, 1-1 seemed pretty good thanks to Tevez nicking a goal for us. After that, I watched the match in stunned amazement – we played so confidently and positively and fully deserved the victory. Chelsea finished the match with 9 men – though a penalty got them a consolation goal at the end.

It was a victory for Bridge too, as it had been his clearance that led to a goal, and Terry had played poorly, helping towards our score. City’s goal celebrations centred around Bridge and showed good team solidarity. I was absolutely delighted with this result and couldn’t believe we’d beaten Chelsea on their own turf, and done the double over them for the first time in over 40 years!