Pedro shines on Chelsea debut, but what now for John Terry?

Defending champions finally get a win under their belt, but victory cannot hide the cracks in the Blues defence as Terry sees red

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West Brom 2 Chelsea 3. Pedro took his Chelsea bow on Sunday as the defending champions won their first game of the season, but his goalscoring debut was overshadowed by yet more controversy as John Terry was shown a red card as the Baggies threatened to inflict more pain on Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea's new arrival, signed from Barcelona last week, opened his account after just 20 minutes and turned provider for Diego Costa ten minutes later.

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