{"id":297200,"date":"2023-11-14T06:39:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T06:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297200"},"modified":"2023-11-14T06:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T06:39:28","slug":"pochettinos-chelsea-favourite-gallagher-going-under-radar-as-palmer-draws-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/pochettinos-chelsea-favourite-gallagher-going-under-radar-as-palmer-draws-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino’s Chelsea favourite Gallagher going under radar as Palmer draws hype"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cole Palmer is flying at Chelsea after Man City move | Football Digest<\/h3>\n

Cole Palmer took centre stage of the celebrations as Chelsea celebrated emphatically their fourth goal to clinch an well-deserved point in their thrilling 4-4 draw with Manchester City on Sunday, leading Mauricio Pochettino to praise the attacker’s contributions. But if it wasn’t for one of their unsung heroes behind him, stand-in captain Conor Gallagher, the Blues might have never been within a chance of getting the result they worked so hard for.<\/p>\n

Palmer has rightly been heralded as the new star to arrive at Stamford Bridge after a storming start to his Chelsea career. He is yet to reach Eden Hazard or Gianfranco Zola levels of fandom, of course, but the 21-year-old is well on his way after taking a leading role in the west London club’s recent games.<\/p>\n

The youngster shouldered huge responsibility when he stepped up to the penalty spot deep into stoppage time with the chance to score against his former club. The pressure was evident, but Palmer was the most composed man in the stadium as he swept home past his former team-mate Ederson.<\/p>\n

It was the least he deserved after a fine individual display, in addition to how he inspired his team-mates. Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher was left in no doubt over Palmer’s performance and how he has become Chelsea’s ‘main man’ just three months after he had been warming the bench at City.<\/p>\n

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“To come into a football club at such a young age with players who have cost so many millions of pounds and saying I\u2019m taking penalties, it shows his confidence,” Carragher said in the studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI admire the fact he\u2019s moved on to Chelsea \u2013 he\u2019ll be feeling a lot better in the last four to six weeks at Chelsea than he ever did at City no matter how many medals he picked up there. He\u2019s a major part of this Chelsea team right now \u2013 he almost feels like the main man.”<\/p>\n

But while Palmer’s contributions have been important to Chelsea’s recent resurgence, with four goals and four assists this season across all competitions, Gallagher has arguably been more pivotal in the engine room.<\/p>\n