Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, left, shoots to attain from the penalty spot in the course of the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Fulham at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, on January 13, 2024.
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Cole Palmer made up for his misses in midweek by scoring a penalty to offer Chelsea a 1-0 win over Fulham on Saturday for a 3rd straight Premier League victory.
Palmer despatched Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno the mistaken means from the spot in first-half stoppage time after Raheem Sterling had been tripped in the realm.
It was the 21-year-old Palmer’s ninth league purpose of the season and fifth from the penalty spot, as the previous Manchester City participant has emerged as probably the most profitable of Chelsea’s many costly offseason signings.
And it got here after Palmer was responsible of numerous wasted possibilities on Tuesday — together with a obvious miss from shut vary — when Chelsea misplaced 1-0 to second-tier Middlesbrough in the primary leg of the League Cup semifinals.
“After the (Middlesbrough) game I was disappointed, like anyone’s going to be missing that many chances and costing the team the game,” Palmer told broadcaster TNT. “People know you have those games, so just had to try and put it behind me.”
Chelsea has won three straight league games for the first time under manager Mauricio Pochettino and extended its league winning streak at home to four matches — its best run at Stamford Bridge in 3 1/2 years. This latest win lifted the Blues provisionally above Manchester United and Newcastle into eighth place.
Another positive for Chelsea was seeing defender Ben Chilwell back for the first time since September following a lengthy injury layoff.
“Been a while, so just happy to be back,” Chilwell stated.
However, Chelsea might have been lucky to not go a person down when Malo Gusto escaped with only a yellow card for a studs-up problem on Willian in the primary half.
Fulham was coming off a 2-1 house win over Arsenal in its final league sport however has struggled on the street all season. The guests had few high quality possibilities at Stamford Bridge however Chelsea wanted goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic to disclaim striker Raul Jimenez from scoring an equalizer in the 73rd.
