Accustomed to sad evenings in recent months, the Stamford Bridge public was finally able to exult against Everton on Monday evening. In control, the Blues quickly dominated the Toffees thanks to a crazy hat-trick from Cole Palmer in the space of 16 minutes of play. The English prodigy also scored a quadruple after a converted penalty, for a very large victory 6-0 for Chelsea, which allows the London club to keep a tiny hope of a possible European qualification.
But Cole Palmer’s fourth goal, and in particular the penalty, caused controversy. This is not a refereeing error or a celebration but rather an astonishing and surreal argument between Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer. The three players discussed for a long time about being able to take this penalty and tension quickly rose between them. Ultimately, Palmer pulled it and converted it, while Madueke and Jackson continued to argue after the goal and did not celebrate with their teammate.
“They will all be outside next time”
The two men were then invited to celebrate the goal by their other teammates, with a stunned Mauricio Pochettino looking on. At a press conference, the Argentinian was also virulent. “First of all, I would like to point out that the players and staff know that the penalty taker is Cole Palmer. I am so upset about this situation. We cannot send this type of image. It’s a shame and I want to apologize to the people of football and our supporters, because it is unacceptable.he explained at a press conference.
“I told them this was the last time I would accept this type of behavior. They are all involved in this situation, if necessary, they will all be out next time. This is not a joke. It’s just impossible after a performance like that. This shows that we are going to learn a lot, we must change and see more collectively than thinking about individual success., added the Blues coach. An evening which overshadows the great performance of Cole Palmer (21), who overtook Erling Haaland at the top of the Premier League scorers’ rankings thanks to his quadruplet.
