"Cole Palmer scored on his first Stamford Bridge start in almost four months as Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 to move back into the Premier League's top four. After four winless matches, Enzo Maresca could hardly have asked for a better moment for his most influential player to announce his return from the groin injury that has wrecked his season up to now, and it came in the 21st minute, the England forward sweeping his side into the lead from Malo Gusto's clever pass."
"His last goal from open play on this ground came in January, but when his chance came finally to correct that aberrant stat, he took it as though he had been banging them in all season. Wesley Fofana played a short ball in midfield to Gusto, whose pass through the lines was wonderfully calibrated. Palmer's run caught Everton cold and he breezed through the centre of their defence and smacked the ball by Jordan Pickford at his near post."
Cole Palmer scored on his first Stamford Bridge start in almost four months as Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 to move back into the Premier League's top four. Palmer returned from a groin injury and opened the scoring in the 21st minute after Malo Gusto's clever pass. Gusto then added the second goal from Pedro Neto's cross before half-time. Everton's last win at Chelsea remains 1994 and David Moyes had never won at Stamford Bridge. Palmer's injuries have limited his impact this season, and his return restored fluidity and attacking threat to Chelsea's play before he was withdrawn before the hour mark.
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