Cole Palmer of Chelsea celebrates against Tottenham
Cole Palmer of Chelsea celebrates against Tottenham
Chelsea star Cole Palmer set a Premier League record on Sunday after scoring two penalties in the Blues' comeback 4-3 win over Tottenham.
The England forward has now scored all 12 of his spot-kicks in the top flight and that is another Premier League record the former Manchester City youngster has smashed, since leaving the Etihad Stadium last summer.
Former City midfielder Yaya Toure held the previous record of 11 Premier League penalties without ever missing. He and Palmer are the only players with a perfect record stretching into double figures.
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Ivan Toney missed out on the record when, after scoring his first 10 for Brentford, his 11th was saved by Newcastle’s Nick Pope. Toney scored another penalty later in the game which would have been to break Toure’s record.
Dimitar Berbatov scored all nine of his Premier League penalties while, among current players, Fulham forward Raul Jimenez has eight from eight with Bryan Mbeumo, Toney’s successor at Brentford, and Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood on seven from seven.
Former Southampton star Matt Le Tissier scored 25 out of 26 Premier League penalties while Danny Murphy, Callum Wilson, James Beattie, Julian Dicks and City forward Erling Haaland have all converted at least 15 spot-kicks while missing only once.
Palmer’s is not the first penalty landmark this season. Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert became the first player to score a hat-trick of spot-kicks in the competition in their recent 4-2 win over Wolves – the Dutchman has four from four since moving to England.