Sunderland 0
Chelsea 1
Terry 10
Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1 March 15 2008
John Terry chose the perfect moment to return to goalscoring form as his headed goal gave Chelsea a 1-0 victory at Sunderland.
The Black Cats were denied an early penalty when Terry misjudged a bouncing ball before felling Roy O'Donovan but the home side's protests were waved away.
Having survived that scare, Terry put the visitors into the lead with ten minutes gone. Frank Lampard's corner was headed home by the England defender at the near post.
Blues keeper Carlo Cudicini had to make fine saves from Andy Reid and Grant Leadbitter either side of half-time, but it was striker Kenwyne Jones who might have snatched a point with 15 minutes remaining, only to head straight at the Italian.
Substitute Rade Prica headed just wide after 81 minutes and Didier Drogba and Dean Whitehead both went close at either end in a tense finish.