The draw meant no team had won a home fixture in the Premier League during the opening weekend of the campaign ahead of Manchester United's trip to West Brom and Andre Villas-Boas did not get the start to his tenure as Chelsea boss he would have liked.

Terry believes Stoke wanted little more than a point from the game.

"They had made their intentions clear from the opening minutes," he told Sky Sports 1.

"He (Villas-Boas) told us to just keep going and find the holes between the centre-halves."

The England skipper also feels Chelsea have the ability to regain the Premier League trophy this season.

He said: "We believe (we can win the league), our intention last season was to win it.

"We pushed Man Utd all the way and they have gone out and strengthened but we feel we have enough in the dressing room to go on and win the league."

Fernando Torres agreed with Terry that Stoke set out to defend and the result was always likely at a stadium where most teams struggle to break down the home side.

The £50million striker said: "It is not easy to play against Stoke and this is only the first game of many we have to play and we have to start thinking about the next one. We are happy with the performance but not the result.

"We are disappointed with the result. We had some chances to score and two very clear penalty situations, but we had enough chances so it is no excuse.

"It is not a good result but it is a difficult stadium to play in and a difficult team to play against."

The former Liverpool frontman also stressed he was keen to move on from last season's disappointment, which saw him score only one goal after his big money move from Anfield in January.

"I was happy with my performance today. A striker always likes to score but it is not always possible.

"I am only 27 and I haven't forgotten how to play and score, last season was a season to forget for me but it is in the past," he said.