The Blues duo sat on the bench at Wembley nursing knocks, only to return for their club just three days later.
Shut Your Mouth
The accusations from the Frenchman have enraged Chelsea boss Avram Grant, who told Petit in no uncertain terms that his comments were out of order.
"I know that my players did everything to play in the England national team," said Grant, before adding that the remarks from Petit were particularly rich when one considers that in his Chelsea days Petit himself refused to travel with the Blues for a Uefa Cup game in Israel, claiming it was too dangerous.
"We can judge Emmanuel Petit on how he behaved as a player and John Terry behaved as the captain of the national team," said the Israeli, cuttingly.
"Remember that before the Russia game everybody said to John, including the doctor, that his chances to be fit were 50-50 but he decided to train and because of this he missed six weeks of training. So this was not the right thing to say, especially from Petit."
Complete Confidence in Redknapp
Turning his attentions to Harry Redknapp, who was this week arrested in conjunction with an investigation into alleged fraud and false accounting, Grant was full of support for the Pompey man. "I say to you as I sit here that I don't believe it," the Chelsea boss stated.
"I heard about corruption, but I haven't seen it. I want to believe that there is nothing in this case. I believe that, in the Premier League, these stories are not true. But I don't know. I was surprised," Grant added. "For me, Harry is a top manager and also a very good man. I'm sure he is innocent. I have not spoken to him about it but I sent him a message."
Chris Williams
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