Chelsea’s young ace, Cole Palmer, delivered a fantastic performance in the victory against Everton (6-0), claiming the top scorer status in the Premier League and becoming the first Chelsea player since Eden Hazard to score 20 goals in a season in all competitions. And the season isn’t over yet. He scored a perfect hat-trick in the first half, dismantling the Toffee’s defense and once again confirming himself as by far the best player of the Blues this season. It would be fair to say, the only bright spot in a traumatic season… And on top of all that, he had to endure an extremely unpleasant situation before taking the penalty for the fourth goal of the match. Teammates Noni Madueke and Nicholas Jackson wanted to wrest the penalty-taking responsibility from him and argued in front of the whole world. Such behavior is unworthy of amateur football, let alone highly paid professionals who have played below all expectations this season. And who knows how it would have ended if captain Connor Gallagher hadn’t intervened, dispersed the offended stars, and allowed Palmer to take the penalty for the fourth goal.Cole Palmer scores four goals in a 6-0 demolition of EvertonThe scandalous behavior of his teammates overshadowed Palmer’s stellar performance in the British public eye, and Chelsea’s coach, Mauricio Pochettino was seriously upset as well.“First of all, I want to tell you to make clear that they know, the players know, the staff know, the club know that the taker on penalties is Cole Palmer. It is a shame. I am so, so upset about this situation. We were talking in the dressing room about the image that we send because this is Monday night football and in every single country they were watching the game. We cannot send this type of image. It is a shame and I want to apologise to football people and our fans because that is unacceptable” said the Argentine coach after the match.Absolute embarrassing from Madueke and Jackson 🤡 pic.twitter.com/tH6thjcFGc— Mr Frrenzy Elon musk guy 💎 (@Yofrrenzy) April 16, 2024 Pochettino also revealed to the world what he told the Senegalese and the English (of Nigerian decent) midfielders in the dressing room.“I told them this is the last time I accept this type of behavior. They’re all, involved in this situation, all out next time. This is not a joke. It is impossible after a performance like this. It shows we are in a process where we will learn a lot, we need to change and see more in the collective way than to think of individual achievement” he said on Sky Sports.Even Cole Palmer tried to calm down the situation afterwards, but nobody bought that.“Other players wanted to take it, which was understandable. I am the penalty taker and wanted to take it. We’re just trying to show everyone that we want to take responsibility. Maybe it was over the top, the argument. We were laughing and joking about it afterwards” he said.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEQuarterfinals – second legTuesday22:00: (2.30) Dortmund (3.50) Atl.Madrid (3.25) /first leg 1-2/22:00: (2.30) Barcelona (3.70) PSG (3.15) /first leg 3-2/Wednesday22:00: (2.45) Bayern (3.60) Arsenal (2.95) /first leg 2-2/22:00: (1.67) Man.City (3.80) Real Madrid (5.30) /first leg 3-3/***odds are subject to change***
