{"id":12291,"date":"2026-05-25T04:17:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=12291"},"modified":"2026-05-25T04:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:17:05","slug":"cole-palmer-slams-in-drive-to-bring-chelsea-back-to-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=12291","title":{"rendered":"Cole Palmer slams in drive to bring Chelsea back to 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Cole Palmer has scored for Chelsea against Sunderland, but with the Blues two goals behind it may not mean much.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cole Palmer has drilled in a shot to put Chelsea back in the game against Sunderland!<\/p>\n<p>The home team were 2-0 up and the Blues looked to have almost given up on the game, but Palmer has scored his first goal for some time to get his side back into it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been another dreadful showing from the Blues, who were actually pretty lucky to be just 2-0 down at that point. We\u2019re happy for Cole, who has had a tough week after being left out of the England squad for the World Cup. This should cheer him up a little.<\/p>\n<h2>Palmer slams in left footed drive to keep Chelsea alive against Sunderland<\/h2>\n<p>It was a moment of pure desperation for the Blues really, but Palmer hit it really nice and hard and low and beat Robin Roefs at his near post.<\/p>\n<p>He barely celebrated \u2013 how could you, when you\u2019re coming to the end of such a shocking season and you\u2019re 2-0 down at Sunderland?<\/p>\n<p>You can see the goal in the clips embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Cole Palmer ends a 14 goal drought for club and country&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4o0MAOQOMb\">pic.twitter.com\/4o0MAOQOMb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2058584055818387600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Footage from TNT Sport)<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Reece James has been speaking about the influence Cesar Azpilicueta had on him as a player over the years after the Spaniard\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Maxence Lacroix looks like he could be leaving Crystal Palace this summer, and lots of fans want him at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast! Fresh Xabi Alonso to Chelsea news! Summer Transfer Plans! FA Cup Final Preview!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yiYy60DQcxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Cole Palmer<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Getty-Images-23-190x127.jpg.webp 190w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Getty-Images-23-245x163.jpg.webp 245w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Getty-Images-23-320x213.jpg.webp 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