John Terry tells fans the lengths he goes to at Chelsea training ground to avoid the colour red

John Terry has taken to Instagram to show fans what he does at Chelsea's training ground because he 'hates' seeing red there.

The Blues legend and former captain made 717 appearances for the club, winning 15 major honours during his 19-year stay.

Terry featured in a number of classic matches against opposition that donned red, including Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal.

And despite retiring in 2018, the former centre-back still holds a distaste for that particular colour away from the pitch.

He now works as an academy coach at Chelsea and is therefore a regular at their Cobham training ground.

Terry posted a video on his Instagram story on Thursday of one of the building's plug sockets, with one plug-less switch left on.

With the red top of the switch visible, he said: "When I'm at the training ground I have to switch these off because I hate seeing the Red in our building, I done this every day as a player also."

His video came the morning after Chelsea's 4-1 defeat against Liverpool, with Terry watching on from the away end at Anfield.

The former England international won 17 of his 39 meetings against the Reds during his career but was on hand to witness a dismal loss.

Chelsea were well-beaten by the Premier League table-toppers but had two massive calls for penalties dismissed by referee Paul Tierney.

Diogo Jota and Conor Bradley scored before Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz netted either side of Christopher Nkunku's consolation goal.

The result has seen Chelsea return to tenth spot in the Premier League table, with the defeat their tenth in all competitions this season.

Mauricio Pochettino's side face Liverpool once again at the end of the month in the Carabao Cup final and will need to put in a drastically improved performance if they are to win.

Victory will secure them Europa Conference League football for next season, with European qualification a must.