Cole Palmer silenced critics after ending his 18-game scoring drought in Chelsea’s 3-1 victory over Liverpool. The 22-year-old winger had not found the back of the net for club or country since a blistering start to the season and admitted that the past few months had been tough.
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00:00Cole Palmer silenced critics after ending his 18-game scoring drought in Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Liverpool.
00:08The 22-year-old winger had not found the back of the net for club or country since a blistering start to the season and admitted that the past few months had been tough.
00:19Palmer played a crucial role as Chelsea faced newly crowned champions Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, earning a penalty when Moises Caicedo was fouled.
00:28Despite the pressure, Palmer was calm and composed, scoring to end his barren spell.
00:35After the match, he expressed his relief and frustration at the negativity surrounding his form.
00:40Social media today is full of idiots and trolls, but I don't pay any attention to that, Palmer said.
00:46I feel proud to help the team and I'll keep improving.
00:50Reflecting on his tough period, Palmer shared that it had been difficult to miss chances and not contribute to his team's success.
00:58If you're not scoring, you feel like you're letting your team down, he explained.
01:03But I'm mentally strong and whatever people say doesn't bother me.
01:06I didn't see Cole different from, you know, two months ago, three months ago.
01:11I said many times, he scored 14 goals for us in 20 Premier League games.
01:14But yeah, unfortunately, he didn't score many goals in the last part of the season.
01:19But now we have three more games.
01:21We have also on first and the second leg.
01:23And hopefully he can help us until the end.
01:25Probably two games ago, three games ago, I said to you that if we want to reach Premier League, we need Nico and Cole goal.
01:32Nico score against Everton, give us three points.
01:35Both they scored today.
01:36And if we want to be there and we want to finish top five, we need Cole and Nico goal.
01:41Before scoring his 95th minute penalty, Palmer had already been named player of the match by Gary Neville.
01:49He played a pivotal role in Enzo Fernandes's opening goal and ended the match with the most shots and chances created.
01:57Former professionals like Daniel Sturridge, Roy Keane and Jamie Redknapp praised Palmer's resilience.
02:04Sturridge in particular lauded Palmer for his openness about his struggles, saying,
02:09you can see how much pride he takes in football and that's important.