Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is delighted with the form this season of captain John Terry.

Mourinho feels Terry is in the same form he was seven years ago.

"My captain is playing at the same level he was playing when I left Chelsea in 2007, as simple as that," said Mourinho. "Seven years later, he's playing again at his best.

"It's also fair to say that the people who surround him, the people playing on his left and right, in front of him, are also playing fantastically. His partnership with Gary Cahill is fantastic.

"I'm really happy to see a player like him, six or seven years later, to be back to the same level. He deserves more than the Champions League has given him up to now.

"He lost a few semi-finals in special circumstances. He lost a final also in special circumstances. He won a final in special circumstances because he couldn't play. I think the Champions League owes him something."