The Chelsea crowd rushed for a penalty and Pochettino was furious: "I'll get out next time!"

In the 33rd round of the English Premier League that ended in the early hours of this morning, Beijing time, Chelsea defeated Everton 6-0, and Palmer staged a big four. Supposedly the whole Chelsea squad should be happy and peaceful after the game, however, the sight of Palmer's fifth goal, the penalty, when his team-mates came to fight for the penalty left an unpleasant hiccup and made manager Pochettino even more angry.

Chelsea's generals "snatch penalties" according to Visual China

According to OPTA, the 21-year-old, 345-day-old Palmer is the fifth-youngest player in Premier League history to score four + goals in a single game, while Palmer is also the first Chelsea player since Frank Lampard to score four goals in the Premier League against Villa in 2010. After Palmer's "big four", he was neck with Haaland in the scorer list, followed by Watkins, and the competition for the Premier League Golden Boot award was much more fierce than expected!

Premier League scorers

With this victory, Chelsea are in 9th place with 47 points after only 31 games (32 games for Newcastle and Manchester United in 6th place, and 33 games for West Ham United in 8th place), just three points away from Manchester United and Newcastle, rekindling their hopes for the top six!

Although Chelsea won a big victory, the scene of "snatching penalties" in the game also reflected the disharmony within the team, with some fans commenting after the game: "No wonder the team spent so much money and still had a mediocre record, it turned out to be infighting." ”

The 'penalty grab' came in the 61st minute when Chelsea were awarded a penalty, but Madueke wanted to take it and got into a verbal altercation with Palmer, before Jackson joined in and captain Conor Gallagher insisted on Palmer's penalty. The England youngster made it all in one fell swoop to extend the score to 5-0.

When this scene happened, not only shocked the fans inside and outside the stadium, but even Everton goalkeeper Pickford was confused, perhaps he didn't expect the opponent to be able to struggle with who would take the penalty when he was already leading by a large score. It was a discordant image that was the focus of the game as it exposed the contradictions within Chelsea.

Speaking after the game, Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino responded strongly: 'First of all, I want to make it clear that the players know, the coaching staff know, the club knows that Palmer is our penalty taker. It's a shame. I was very, very annoyed. We talked in the dressing room and we didn't do it well for our image, it was Monday night and people from other countries were watching it. We can't present ourselves in that way. It's a shame. I want to apologize to the people who love football and to our fans because it's unacceptable. ”

Pochettino even warned Madueke and Jackson that there would be serious consequences for a repeat offense, "I told them it was the last time we would accept this kind of behavior." They're all involved. The next time you do it, don't kick it. I'm not kidding. ”

Pochettino said: "It shows that we are still learning, we will learn a lot, we need to change, we need to look at things more from a collective point of view, not from an individual point of view. ”

Palmer also spoke about the scene after the game: "I can understand that other people wanted to take penalties, and it was 4-0. I was the penalty taker and I wanted to take it so I took it. Everybody wants to take responsibility for the penalty. It was a bit too much to say that the argument was too much, and we laughed and joked with each other afterwards, and the manager talked to us about it.

Chelsea will take on Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals at the weekend, with Arsenal facing the Premier League next.

Edited by Ou Peng