Cole Palmer breaks huge Premier League record
Cole Palmer breaks huge Premier League record. Chelsea’s Cole Palmer has established himself as the best penalty taker in Premier League history after converting all 12 of his spot-kicks in the competition.
The Chelsea playmaker completed his perfect dozen with an audacious Panenka, dinking in the fourth goal of Sunday’s 4-3 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Palmer had already rattled one penalty beyond Fraser Forster’s formidable wingspan to haul the Blues level and turned on the style when presented with his second chance from the spot.
Before moving to west London in a £45m transfer at the end of the 2023 summer window, Palmer had never taken a penalty in senior football. A regular spot-kick specialist for Manchester City’s U18 team, the England international was given Chelsea’s penalty against Burnley in October 2023 by Raheem Sterling while searching for his first goal in the capital.
Palmer duly converted at Turf Moor and assumed spot-kick duties thereafter. Palmer has not misplaced a single spot kick throughout his superb career thus far.
By keeping his nerve not once but twice at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon, the 22-year-old surpassed the high watermark held by Yaya Toure for the best perfect penalty record in Premier League history.
