The Chelsea captain looked a yard offside when he got the decisive touch and Martinez is angry that the linesman made such a glaring error to deny his side the win.
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Chelsea coaches celebrate with interim manager Guus Hiddink after the late equaliser on Saturday against Everton at Stamford Bridge.
Finally at St James Park, Victor Moses, after six weeks, returned to action as he played in the last 20 minutes of West Ham’s 2-1 loss against Newcastle United.
But Terry converted after a late bombardment, to the fury of the visitors after seven minutes’ stoppage time had been signalled by the fourth official, to earn a scarcely believable point.
“Refereeing-wise you can not justify, you can not explain that at this level”.
The Premier League champions went behind early in the second half when Leighton Baines’ cross was turned into his own net by Terry, with Kevin Mirallas making it 2-0.
Chelsea leveled in quick succession through Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas – two players whose form has markedly improved since Jose Mourinho was sacked in December – but Everton appeared to have snatched an injury-time victor through Ramiro Funes Mori after the home team failed to clear a corner.
“[We can enter the transfer market]if we want to, but at the moment we are doing nothing”, Hiddink added. We’ve come to know this all too well over the years, with referees extending those minutes thanks to time-wasting antics both from players and managers and substitutions and the like. The whole ground should see how long is left on a big clock.
It was history repeating itself for Everton, who also drew 3-3 at Bournemouth in November by conceding in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
All the menace was coming from Roberto Martinez’s side and it was rewarded with a second goal, capping a flowing advance through the brittle home resistance.
They will need to come up with these kind of performances from the start, rather than when being behind two goals down if they hope to somehow salvage this season with a domestic or continental cup run. I accept that. Today (Saturday) was unacceptable.
“I can say now he (Martinez) is quite right”, said Hiddink. Why should I deny it?
Reacting to Terry’s strike, Hiddink said: “Sometimes it goes in your favour during a season but you have to be fair”. Other times it’s damaging.
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Costa scored a vital goal midway through the second half at Stamford Bridge to reduce the deficit to 1-2 as the Blues fought back from two-nil down to salvage a point with a controversial last gasp equaliser from John Terry.
