If Chelsea are having a difficult season (9th in the Premier League), they have a ray of sunshine in their squad who is only 21 years old. Cole Palmer, who arrived from Manchester City last summer, is shining and proved it again this Monday evening against Everton. After half an hour of play, the England international had already scored three goals and destroyed Everton's hopes of existing in the match to hope to move away from the relegation zone.
The now joint top scorer in the Premier League, with 20 goals, simply disgusted the Toffees. By scoring with the left, header and right in 29 minutes, he scored the fastest “perfect hat-trick” in the history of the Premier League. The previous record belonged to Tommy Johnson, who took 38 minutes to achieve such a performance. It was with Aston Villa in 1995. More recently, Erling Haaland did just as well against Nottingham Forrest in August 2022 during his sensational entry into the English championship.
After the 4-0 goal just before the break, the Blues experienced a moment of tension in the middle of this perfect evening. In the 62nd minute, Chelsea benefited from a penalty that Cole Palmer wanted to take to score a quadruple.
This decision is not to the taste of his teammates Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke who try to take the ball from the attacker. Enough to cause a moment of hesitation and boos from Stamford Bridge. But Palmer does not lose concentration and manages to deceive Pickford for the fourth time of the evening.
After this victory, Mauricio Pochettino, the Blues coach, returned to the “penaltygate” which involved his players. “Palmer is the one who takes the penalties. This kind of scene will not happen again in the future, they can no longer behave like children,” he said. " It's a shame. I told the players that this was the last time I would accept this kind of behavior. It’s not a joke,” the former PSG coach got angry again.