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Dom Smith

Why Chelsea hope Cole Palmer has turned a corner in his fitness battle

Cole Palmer has had a difficult season with injuries - (Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

The hope at Chelsea is that Cole Palmer turned a corner at Molineux.

Palmer’s fourth hat-trick for Chelsea moved him ahead of Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as the club’s most prolific scorer of Premier League trebles, and his three goals inside 38 minutes against Wolves made him the first player in Premier League history to score a first-half hat-trick on three separate occasions.

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