Palmer smashes hat-trick for Chelsea in a 7-goal thriller against United

The 21-year-old swashbuckling midfielder Cole Palmer has a classy way of replying to the taunts of Manchester United fans. Ignited by the taunt 'City reject', Palmer then scored a hat trick for Chelsea and sank Man United in Week 31 of the Premier League, on Thursday(04th April 2024) while playing at Stamford Bridge. The Hosts Chelsea were able to achieve a dramatic victory with a score of 4-3 against the Red Devils. Chelsea took a two-goal lead then, before the first half was over, the score was 2-2. United was leading 3-2 until the 90th minute in injury time, the Hosts scored two goals and won one of the most dramatic matches of the season.

Chelsea's two goals in injury time were scored by Cole Palmer who scored goals in the 90+10 and 90+11 minutes for his side and clinching three crucial points in the league standings. The Visitors fans made an away trip to Stamford Bridge they provided direct support to Bruno Fernandes and his matches. Apart from that, United fans also tried to intimidate the home players and they tried to target 21-year-old footballer and chief architect of the match Cole Palmer.

The background or past becomes the subject of ridicule they made a chant to mock Palmer as a 'Man City reject' in anger after losing a nail-biter. Cole Palmer is a former Man City player and the attacking midfielder who graduated from the Citizens Academy. However, because Palmer felt he was not getting enough playing minutes, he chose to move to Chelsea.

It was this background that made the taunt 'City reject' echo at Stamford Bridge, Palmer remained cool with the taunts and he was quite calm when he stepped up as a penalty-taker in the 19th minute. Palmer outwits Andre Onana and puts the Blues ahead with a score of 2-0 over the Red Devils. After that, Palmer celebrated his goal, making a gesture as if to let the spectators mock him. He listened to it after that, Palmer celebrated 'cold' as usual and the peak of Cole Palmer's revenge for the 'City reject' taunt was not there. Palmer silenced the United fans with goals in the 90+10 and 90+11 minutes, which made Chelsea win with a score of 4-3 and received a rating of 9.99 from Squawka