Chelsea captain John Terry may have given his backing to Sunderland's survival bid, but Mackem boss Roy Keane still believes Manchester United will lift the Barclays Premier League trophy.

After a testing afternoon in combat with Sunderland's talismanic, if goal-shy forward Kenwyne Jones, match-winner Terry said he is confident Sunderland will stay up.

And it is Jones, a £6million signing from Southampton, who was the talk of the Chelsea dressing room - stand by for a bid from the Stamford Bridge club in the summer - and the reason for Terry's declaration of support.

After securing Chelsea's 10th win in 12 games with his early header - when Jones lost the England skipper at a Frank Lampard corner - Terry said: "The fans here are brilliant and they will definitely help. Sunderland's a very tough place to come and they are a very good side

"They are very hard working, very honest and gave us a good battle. Overall we shaded it. But we have been here before and it's at times like this when the experience comes through. We had to dig our heals in and make it difficult. We did that.

"There have not been too many games recently where we have been hanging on. Sunderland came at us and had a few chances. We had to soak it up and deal with the pressure.

"Jones was fantastic and I have played against him twice now. He is a very good player. Very hard working and probably the best in the air in the entire Premier League. He really is that good.

"All the lads are talking about him afterwards. How well he did and how impressive he was. If Sunderland can stay up and keep hold of him they have a fantastic chance of kicking on."