Palmer takes swipe at ‘idiots and trolls’ after ending goal drought in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Liverpool yesterday.
Cole Palmer takes swipe at ‘idiots and trolls’ as Enzo Maresca lauds star man.
Maresca stated that Palmer was “not happy” with his lack of goals in recent months and backed him to help the team “reach something important” in the pivotal final few games of their season, now that the drought has finally ended thanks to a late penalty against Liverpool in a 3-1 victory for Chelsea.
In addition to playing their Champions League opponents Newcastle and Nottingham Forest in the race for the top five, Chelsea is now almost guaranteed to make it to the Conference League final later this month. Even while Maresca maintained that Palmer’s level had not decreased in recent months, his return to the scoreboard could hardly have come at a better moment.
“We saw Cole day by day in the training ground, and he was exactly the same way: scoring goals, happy, enjoying the session,” Maresca said. “Of course when he is not scoring goals he is not happy, because he wants to help the club reach something important. [Now] he is happy for sure, because we scored. But I didn’t see a different Cole from two months ago.
“I said before that if we want to finish top five, we need Cole and Nico [Jackson] to score. Now we have three more [league] games, and on Thursday the second leg [in Europe], and hopefully he can help us.”
Referencing his goal drought to Sky Sports afterwards, Palmer said: “Obviously shit happens. I went three months without scoring but it just gives me more motivation, more fight to do well, not just for myself but for the team.
“You know yourself social media is just full of idiots, trolls or whatever. I don’t pay no attention. To score today I’m happy. It’s only one and I’ve got to keep improving to try and reach my levels. For anyone not getting chances, not scoring, you’re letting your team down at the end of the day. I feel like I’m mentally strong anyway.”