Pep Guardiola has praised John Terry for his behaviour after last night's Champions League semi-final second leg.

The Barcelona coach saw his team progress to the Final after Andres Iniesta's 93rd minute winner, following a string of Chelsea penalty appeals that were turned down.

Chelseafc.com understands that despite the disappointment, the captain responded with grace, going into the Barcelona dressing room and shaking hands with each member of playing and coaching staff. It was an act of sportsmanship for which Barça applauded him out of the room, as Guardiola explained:

'I want to thank John Terry for coming into the dressing room and congratulating us,' said the Spaniard. 'He's a true gentleman.'

Terry, 28, was in superb form over both legs of the semi-final, making a number of vital interceptions, tackles and blocks over both games, as well as heading just wide early on at Stamford Bridge last night.

Guardiola was also complimentary towards the whole Chelsea side, and admitted we were unfortunate with refereeing decisions on the night.

'Essien scored a great goal. They are an outstanding team, very strong, they made it very difficult for us. But we always believed in ourselves and in the end we were rewarded also by being a little bit lucky,' he said.

The job for the Blues now is to regroup as we head to Arsenal for an important London derby on Sunday, as well as preparing for the FA Cup Final on May 30.