Palmer's senior is happy to top the Premier League's scorer list, and Chelsea's 45 million harvest of future superstars
In the early morning of April 16, Beijing time, the 33rd round of the Premier League staged a key battle. Chelsea thrashed visiting Everton 6-0 at home to a six-game unbeaten Premier League run and eight games unbeaten in all competitions. The 21-year-old Palmer started the game and scored four goals in a row to stage a big four, becoming the biggest contributor to the Blues' wild victory. Since then, Palmer has now scored 20 Premier League goals this season, joint top of the table with Erling Haaland. And his stats are comparable to Chelsea legend Frank Lampard.
Chelsea have been in fine form of late and are unbeaten since losing to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final. Facing Everton, who are fighting for relegation, the Blues at home are on fire. In the opening 13 minutes, Palmer put Chelsea 1-0 up with a brilliant performance of a crotch-piercing, backheel pass to the wall and a long-range shot. Five minutes later, Jacquesson's volley was saved by the goalkeeper and Palmer scored a brace with a header. And in the 29th minute, England international Pickford gave a gift, and Palmer cleverly shot into the net to complete a hat-trick. It is worth mentioning that Palmer's three goals, a left-footed, header and a right-footed goal, were a perfect hat-trick.
Chelsea's attack didn't stop with a big lead, and in the 44th minute, Palmer picked out a pass to instigate the attack, Cucurella sent in a cross, and Jaxon stopped the ball and fired in one go, giving Chelsea a 4-0 lead to end the first half. In the 64th minute of the second half, Palmer converted a penalty and scored himself to give Chelsea a 5-0 lead. With youngster Gilchrist netting his first senior goal in the 90th minute, the Blues ran out a 6-0 victory.
Chelsea had 59 per cent possession and scored six goals from 10 of their 14 attempts on target, with an astonishing scoring efficiency. Palmer played 80 minutes and scored four goals with five shots and five targets, all of which were game-highs. In addition, he had four breakaways, three long passes and one interception, two fouls and five wins from eight ground duels. After the game, the former Manchester City academy prince got a perfect score of 10 points, which is well deserved.
Since this game, Palmer has recorded a double double of 23 goals and 13 assists in 38 games in all competitions, including 20 goals and nine assists in 27 Premier League games, and has already tied Haaland with the latter for the top scorer in the Premier League. You must know that in the previous three seasons in the first team of Manchester City, Palmer only scored 6 goals and 2 assists in 41 games in total.
What's more, after scoring his 20th Premier League goal of the season, Palmer became the first Blues player to score 20+ Premier League goals in a single season since Frank Lampard in 2009/10. The latter recorded a double-double of 22 goals and 16 assists in 36 Premier League appearances in 2009/10. Fourteen years later, the Blues have once again acquired a future passing superstar.
Palmer, who came through the Manchester City Academy, has a remarkable talent for football and is regarded as the leading figure in Manchester City's academy since Phil Foden. However, in Manchester City, which is full of talent, he has not been given many opportunities. Under these circumstances, Palmer bravely chose to leave and joined the Blues for £45 million last summer. The move also sparked a lot of controversy at the time, with Manchester City fans believing that Chelsea people were stupid and having a lot of money, and Blues fans also believing that their team was wronged. But unexpectedly, Palmer's performance was so dazzling that Chelsea bought a baby for £45 million. Now, should they consider adding some more money to Manchester City?