Who can stop it? This is the question that all of England is asking when seeing Cole Palmer’s recent performances with Chelsea. Impressive for his first real season as a starter in the Premier League, the former Manchester City player is impressive and once again produced a high-flying performance this Monday against Everton. Launching the Blues perfectly with a header (1-0, 13th), the slender attacking midfielder scored the double five minutes later following a great collective action which he created. Far from being satisfied, the number 20 of the Blues scored the hat-trick in thirty minutes with a superb long-range lob (3-0, 29th). Drinking the chalice to the dregs, the Toffees, in danger of remaining in the British elite, conceded a fourth goal before the break following a splendid sequence (4-0, 45th).
Overall Premier League standings
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#
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Team
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Pts
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J
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DIF
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G
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NOT
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D
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BP
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B.C.
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1 |
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74 |
33 |
51 |
23 |
5 |
5 |
77 |
26 |
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2 |
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74 |
33 |
43 |
22 |
8 |
3 |
75 |
32 |
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3 |
|
73 |
32 |
44 |
22 |
7 |
3 |
76 |
32 |
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4 |
|
66 |
34 |
21 |
20 |
6 |
8 |
71 |
50 |
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5 |
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60 |
32 |
16 |
18 |
6 |
8 |
65 |
49 |
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6 |
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50 |
32 |
17 |
15 |
5 |
12 |
69 |
52 |
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7 |
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50 |
32 |
-1 |
15 |
5 |
12 |
47 |
48 |
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8 |
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48 |
34 |
-9 |
13 |
9 |
12 |
54 |
63 |
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9 |
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47 |
31 |
9 |
13 |
8 |
10 |
61 |
52 |
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10 |
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44 |
32 |
2 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
52 |
50 |
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Still as apathetic during the second act, Sean Dyche’s men did nothing to come back and conceded a new goal from…Cole Palmer (5-0, 64th). His twentieth goal of the season, which allows him to join Erling Haaland at the top of the PL scorers’ rankings, also completes a very nice success for Chelsea. Mauricio Pochettino’s flock even decided to win the first set by scoring a sixth goal thanks to young (20-year-old) defender Alfie Gilchrist (6-0, 90+1). The London team thus continues with an eighth match without defeat in all competitions and is preparing as best as possible for the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City this Saturday. While Chelsea are ninth but are getting closer to the European places, Everton are sixteenth and will quickly have to wake up.
