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Cole Palmer has very quickly become one of Chelsea’s most prized players.
Last season Palmer grabbed 22 goals and 11 assists in 33 Premier League games. The England international has continued his impressive form this season with two goals and four assists in their first five league matches.
Reflecting on last season, Palmer has picked out a stoppage-time winner against Manchester United as his favourite goal since joining Chelsea, where The Blues won 4-3 over United.
Recent departure Conor Gallagher and Palmer gave the Blues an early two-goal lead before United’s Alejandro Garnacho grabbed a brace to equalise. Next United’s captain, Bruno Fernandes found the back of the net, turning the game on its head entirely.
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Ultimately Palmer stepped up and scored a penalty in the 10th minute of stoppage time just before his memorable goal moments later to secure the win for Chelsea.
After receiving the ball from a corner, The Red Devils gave Palmer too much space and time, allowing him to take a touch before hammering the ball home, through the crowded box to score.
Cole Palmer reacts to his favourite goal
Watching it back, Palmer told the Premier League show Uncut: “This is my favourite goal. I just couldn’t believe how much time and space I had. When I got the ball, I took a touch and then I took another one and I thought ‘where is everyone?’”
He continued: “Then there was just loads of players there so I thought ‘if I shoot on target, hard, I’ve got a chance’. When I got it, they were all pointing saying ‘mark him’, and none of them came out.”
Palmer was then asked if he was surprised by the space given to him with only seconds on the clock, to which Palmer replied: “Yeah, I was thinking, ‘what?’”
The Chelsea attacker added: “I don’t even know why I was there, I just went there. It was a good one.”
Explaining the emotion of the goal, he continued: “You don’t even know what to do. Just running and then I saw all of the bench coming and I thought they were going to take me out.
“I went to run to the manager first but then I saw Axel and Benoit and I thought, na, U-turn. So I ran the other way. Just emotion wasn’t it? We were losing it was the 96th minute and they were just passing it around us and then we scored two.”
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