John Terry has laughed off Wayne Rooney's admission that he once wore longer studs in a clash against Chelsea because he wanted to 'hurt someone' - despite being left with a hole in his foot after an altercation.
Rooney stepped out in a crunch showdown for Manchester United in April 2006 determined to leave his mark on someone, and it was veteran defender Terry who was left crumpled in pain following a full-blooded challenge.
Just seven minutes in, the striker hurtled into the tackle, which left Terry down on the pitch and needing treatment - and also saw the stretcher brought out.
On that occasion, the now 41-year-old was able to continue, and he has now reflected back on the incident in good spirits on social media.
Responding to a quote taken from the Mail on Sunday's interview with Rooney, Terry wrote on Twitter: '@WayneRooney is this when you left your stud in my foot?'
United were in desperate need of a miracle to stop Chelsea from winning the Premier League title, with Jose Mourinho's side finding themselves nine points clear.
In a new documentary, Rooney spoke about the game, and his willingness to do whatever it took to derail the hosts' procession for at least another week.
'We knew if Chelsea won then they had won the league that day,' he said. 'Until my last game for Derby, I always wore the old plastic studs with the metal tip.
'For that game I changed them to big, long metal ones - the maximum length you could have because I wanted to try and hurt someone, try and injure someone.
'I knew they were going to win that game. You could feel they were a better team at the time so I changed my studs.
'The studs were legal but thinking if there's a challenge there I knew I'd want to go in for it properly, basically. I did actually.
'John Terry left the stadium on crutches. I left a hole in his foot and then I signed my shirt to him after the game.
'A few weeks later I sent it to him and asked for my stud back.
'If you look back when they were celebrating, JT's got his crutches from that tackle.'
Chelsea won the game, however, after goals from William Gallas, Joe Cole and Ricardo Carvalho in a comfortable 3-0 victory wrapped up the title.
Rooney, meanwhile, was later stretchered off himself in west London, adding insult to injury for the legendary forward after his efforts to deliberately hurt an opponent.
In a collision with Paulo Ferreira, Rooney's front studs were caught in the turf, meaning he broke three metatarsal bones weeks before the World Cup that year.
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