Chelsea and England international, Cole Palmer became the first player to score four goals in the first half of a Premier League game as he led his side to an emphatic victory.
Brighton started the game brighter than their hosts, Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge as they got the match opener via Georginio Rutter’s header in the 7th minute after goalkeeper Robert Sánchez’s misplaced pass.
Cole Palmer, who was relatively quiet in the first 15 minutes of the encounter, turned things around for Chelsea in the 21st minute as he slotted in the equalizer for the hosts. The goal was the Englishman’s first at Stamford Bridge this season.
Afterwards, Jadon Sancho was knocked down in the penalty box winning a spot-kick for the host side which Cole Palmer scored in the 28th minute to make it 2-1 for Chelsea.
In the 31st minute, Cole Palmer scored a fantastic free-kick to make it 3-1 as Brighton failed to coordinate their backline.
Three minutes later, Sánchez committed another mistake that led Brighton to get a goal back via the boots of Carlos Noom Quomah Baleba.
Unfortunately for Brighton, their high-line approach to the game cost them again in the 41st minute as Sancho passed the ball to Palmer who slotted in his 4th goal of the match in the 41st minute.
Interestingly, the second half of the game was a direct opposite of the first half as both Chelsea and Brighton became more cautious at the back. Hence, no goal was recorded even though Nicolas Jackson had a good number of goalscoring opportunities before he was replaced by Christopher Nkunku in the 79th minute.
The game ended 4-2 in favour of the Blues, a result that has pushed them to the 3rd spot on the league table, a point behind first placed Manchester City and second placed Arsenal.
Below are the results of other Premier League matchday 6 games played simultaneously earlier today:
Arsenal beat newly promoted Leicester City 4-2 at the Emirates, Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Goodison Park, Nottingham Forest lost 1-0 to Fulham at City Ground, while Brentford and West Ham played a 1-1 draw.
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