Cole Palmer grew to become the primary participant to attain 4 objectives within the first half of a Premier League match throughout Chelsea’s extraordinary 4-2 win over Brighton on Saturday, inflicting coach Enzo Maresca to explain the ahead as the perfect participant within the division.
The 22-year-old scored 4 occasions in a devastating 20-minute spell towards the south coast membership as Chelsea bounced again from Georginio Rutter’s opener.
“I ought to have had 5 or 6 [goals],” Palmer instructed the BBC. “Once I missed the primary probability I used to be upset however with the way in which they performed and their excessive line I felt we would get extra probabilities.
“The supervisor arrange an excellent sport plan, we knew the right way to assault them with first-time passes in behind. Three factors is what we would have liked and that’s what we acquired.”
Maresca agreed Palmer may have scored extra, however was filled with reward for his star participant.
“He scored 4, however he additionally may have scored two or three extra,” Maresca mentioned. “It is vital he stays hungry, bold, and I do know him from a few years in the past with the under-23s at Metropolis and with the primary crew.
“What he was as a boy is precisely what he was three or 4 years in the past. Objectives, assists, greatest participant of the Premier League — this does not change the way in which he’s. He is a humble man, and for me it is an important factor.
“He is a prime participant, and right this moment in soccer younger gamers can change fast. Cole scores objectives and by no means modifications, and that is an important factor.
“He is particular participant; he is a easy and humble man. He would not want to inform individuals how good he’s as a result of you possibly can see it clearly.”
Palmer scored within the twenty first, twenty eighth, thirty first and forty first minutes of Saturday’s match.
With the injury already finished, Chelsea noticed out a far much less dramatic second half to earn their fourth league win of the season.
Palmer beforehand scored 4 objectives in a single match for Chelsea final season in a 6-0 win over Everton in April.
He grew to become the fourth participant — alongside Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink — to attain three Premier League hat methods for Chelsea.
The sport towards Brighton was solely Palmer’s thirty ninth league look for Chelsea after becoming a member of from Manchester Metropolis in 2023.
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