Palmer's tactics made a huge contribution to the 4-4 match between Chelsea and Manchester City

It was a 4-4 thrilling match in which Chelsea were shocked at home. In stoppage time, Chelsea opted for a penalty for a foul in the Manchester City penalty area, opting for a quick 21-year-old Cole Palmer. For the first time, Cole Palmer hit the net to end the parent team's desire to win all three points on the road.

Chelsea have rebuilt this season and have more room for young players to explore. Cole Palmer has played as a support striker and on the right wing since he joined, constantly groping between several positions, and has recently successfully risen to the top and become the team's penalty executioner. Chelsea played in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Cole Palmer playing on the right flank ahead of Reece James, but Cole Palmer managed to move to the right of midfield when the ball was on his feet. Depending on City's pressure, Chelsea's midfielders stepped back layer by layer, and Cole Palmer filled in the space and waited for his team-mates to pass the ball and keep the playmaking fluid, at least capable of dribbling forward.

And with his footwork, Cole Palmer protected the ball in front of Rodri and Akanji, waited for his team-mates in the middle to support, and waited for Reece James to kill from the right to fill his right winger position, further pushing the attack to a higher level.

The two teams played 2-2 at half-time, and on 64 minutes, Pochettino saw that the Manchester City players were starting to get tired, and after half-time, the space gradually increased, and decided to change the formation. He replaced Enzo Fernandez, the box-to-box Conor Gallagher, who stepped back a grid and lined up with Moises Caicedo, while Cole Palmer stood in the midfield position and tried to recover a goal for the team with a more direct and direct style of play.

In the latter stages of the game, Cole Palmer even challenged City's defence in a tight space in the middle, as Chelsea's midfield became thinner and Cole Palmer had to be more aggressive in his attack. In addition, with Cole Palmer's sharp knife in the middle, plus Mikhailo Mudryk and Raheem Sterling, two wingers who can run suddenly, some of Chelsea's transitional attacks are more powerful.

Just three minutes after the change, Mykhailo Mudryk's assault on the left flank made it back to the middle in two consecutive passes, Conor Gallagher was saved from distance, and Nicholas Jackson stole a chicken to make it 3-3. In the end, Cole Palmer took a point back with a penalty, showing the mental quality of a young player.

It wasn't just the penalty kick, Cole Palmer made seven offensive dribbles in the game, like Raheem Sterling, and also had four passes into the triple line and one key pass. In order to play these statistics, first of all, he must match the requirements of coaching the team in his position, and not be reckless after taking the ball, and carefully choose the ball in different positions, so that the team can play the same goal quality as Manchester City as an underdog, and even succeed in tying in the end.