Cole Palmer reveals his two favourite Chelsea goals
Cole Palmer reveals his two favourite Chelsea goals. Cole Palmer during a quiz section with the club’s in-house media team, has revealed his two favorite goals since signing for Chelsea.
There have been plenty of them to choose from Cole arrived in west London after just 13 starts across his entire senior career for Manchester City. Until about a year before he became a regular substitute during the treble-winning campaign, unwitting players at Wythenshawe Power League were coming up against a team including Palmer.
The Blue’s talisman soon made the most talented players in the Premier League look as though they were chasing shadows in a netted cage. Palmer racked up 25 goals in an incredible debut campaign and has remained just as prolific this season, with seven in his first nine appearances.
After a long thought, sifting between all those strikes, Palmer eventually couldn’t split two when choosing his favourite goal:
“Everton at home or my free-kick against Brighton.”
It started off in style. 😮💨 #CFC | #CheEve pic.twitter.com/enALzCRtFN
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 15, 2024
Palmer scored four against the Toffees when Sean Dyche’s side limped to Stamford Bridge in April, but his first of the night was particularly special. Collecting the ball 25 yards from goal, Palmer slipped it between Jarrad Branthwaite’s open legs, dragging a back-heel to Nicolas Jackson before stroking the return pass into the far corner.
That outrageous move perfectly captured Palmer’s impish personality, which Mauricio Pochettino described as “in between smart, clever and naughty”.
Barely five months later, Palmer replicated same Premier League four-goal haul, but this time, even more special. The England international singled out his third strike against Brighton earlier this season, curling the first top-flight free-kick of his career right into the top corner.
You won’t find many better ways to seal a hat-trick than this free-kick from Cole Palmer 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/mrtzL6Yuzd
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 28, 2024
Brighton’s outrageous high line gave Chelsea, and Palmer in particular, ample space to work his magic in open play, but he also showed his class from a dead-ball situation.
“They had one amazing player that punished every mistake we made,” Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler fumed post-game.
“He punished every individual mistake. You can’t stop him in one-against-one situations. We have to defend against him as a team.”
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca called Palmer the “best player of the Premier League” that afternoon, and only few can argue with that claim.
