Cole Palmer FC may take some stopping if they can keep this up. While these days it is doing the rest of Enzo Maresca’s side a disservice to suggest this is a one-man team, another irresistible performance from the England forward, in which he became the first player in Premier League history to score four times before half-time, made it four wins on the trot for Chelsea.
No wonder that Palmer took the plaudits after a hat-trick in the space of just 10 minutes inspired a sensational response to Chelsea falling behind to Georginio Rutter’s early opener after Robert Sánchez’s mistake against his former club. The Chelsea goalkeeper will be mightily relieved that another mistake to allow Carlos Baleba to pull one back did not cause greater damage as Palmer made sure of the points with another brilliant finish before half-time.
