Cole Palmer has misplaced his head

Gary Neville stated Cole Palmer ‘misplaced his head’ after the Chelsea ahead was despatched off in Saturday’s 2-0 residence defeat by Tottenham. The 24-year-old was booked within the 71st minute for barging into Mateus Fernandes, who had stopped a Chelsea assault by falling on the ball and dealing with it.

Neville, on co-commentary for Sky Sports activities, thought the response was unnecessary. He stated:

“Palmer’s response was foolish. He’s asking for hassle, that’s not nice. No concept why he’s doing that.”

Chelsea went behind six minutes later. Goalkeeper Mike Penders, making his first Premier League begin instead of the injured Emiliano Martínez, punched Fernandes’ nook into his personal internet below stress from Jan Paul van Hecke.

Palmer’s night obtained worse within the eightieth minute. Already on a yellow card, he caught Conor Gallagher on the ankle along with his studs simply exterior the field. Referee Chris Kavanagh confirmed a second yellow, and Chelsea’s appeals got here to nothing. It was Palmer’s first purple card of his profession.

Neville added:

“He’s spot on the referee, Cole Palmer has misplaced his head within the final 10 minutes. That one is a no brainer. That’s only a foolish problem, he is aware of precisely what he’s doing. Not a superb problem, naughty, actually naughty.”

Mathys Tel sealed the win for Spurs within the 87th minute, operating from the midway line and beating Penders with a low strike from about 25 yards. Tottenham moved to twelfth within the desk due to back-to-back league wins and claimed solely their second league victory at Stamford Bridge in 36 years.

Palmer will serve the suspension in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup fourth spherical tie at Liverpool.

How has Cole Palmer carried out for Chelsea this season?

Palmer scored in Chelsea’s first two league wins, away from residence at Fulham and at Stamford Bridge in opposition to Brighton. He added two extra as an alternative within the 6-3 Carabao Cup win over Leeds United in September.

The Englishman has not scored within the Premier League since, a run that reached six matches in opposition to Tottenham. Palmer examined Antonin Kinsky with a curling effort within the first half on Saturday and was concerned in a few of his crew’s higher attacking strikes. Nevertheless, the efficiency was not up to speed basically and the purple card put one other blot on it.

Final season, an injury-hit Palmer scored simply 10 Premier League objectives in 26 appearances, down from 15 the season earlier than and 22 in his first marketing campaign on the membership.