Manchester City's Nigel de Jong gets stuck into John Terry row

The determination of Manchester City players to show a defiant face to John Terry at Stamford Bridge on Saturday had been planned for some weeks, according to midfielder Nigel de Jong. 'The Terry affair had a massive impact on our squad,' said De Jong, expressing his support for Wayne Bridge, whose former fiancee conducted an affair with Terry. 'You can bet we were up for the Chelsea game. Believe me, we are doing it for Wayne. Battle at the Bridge: Man City's Nigel de Jong dedicated win to his team-mate'There was no other subject to talk about. We all supported Wayne,of course, and said to him: "Don't say a thing about it. We'll dealwith this". 'For the match against Portsmouth we all wrote "Team Bridge" on ourT-shirts underneath. I did not have to think twice about that. That's athing you do for your team-mate.' But De Jong, speaking to Dutch magazine Sportweek, didunintentionally reveal the curiously warped moral code by which someplayers operate. 'You don't touch the wife of a team-mate,' he said. 'That really isa code in football. Doing something with the wife of a player fromanother club is something different, but what Terry did is not done.They used to share the same dressing room and they were mates.'And as a parting shot, De Jong said: 'Wayne does not have to worryas much any more about the papers. They have a new victim with AshleyCole.' Child's play for Carlos Tevez as he puts personal nightmare behind him in Manchester City winTerry blasted by Bellamy as Man City firebrand says: 'I know what JT is like'Chelsea 2 Manchester City 4: John Terry shunned by Wayne Bridge as Carlos Tevez and Craig Bellamy humble nine menMANCHESTER CITY FC

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