'No problems with Terry' - Ten Cate - Sport in brief

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The Dutchman's disagreement with Terry happened the day before Chelsea's Carling Cup final defeat against Tottenham, but he claims it has been "blown out of all proportion".

Ten Cate told Dutch newspaper AD: "This is all blown out of proportion. I have no problems with John Terry and he has none with me."

While he admits the pair did have a heated discussion, he is adamant it has been greatly exaggerated and is part of football.

He continued: "We are both emotional guys, but we do respect each other fully.

"On Saturday the distance between me and him was nowhere less than five metres. So that we were with our heads against each other, as they wrote, is total nonsense.

"The discussion was about the sharpness of the training, as we have more often. That is part of top football."

The Dutchman revealed the argument came about because of rising tension before the game with Terry wanting to train harder - something with which Ten Cate did not agree.

"At Chelsea we have a group of 27 players and three goalkeepers. Half of them were allowed to go to the final so you understand that things went sharp.

"John found that we should train even more fanatically, I didn't agree on that with my eyes on the final. We had an argument about that. That is all."