Enzo Maresca has revealed that Cole Palmer headed for the tunnel after being replaced in the 1-0 victory over Leicester City because he had played for the disease.
The talisman of the blues is losing a rare dry spell in front of the goalkeeper First half of Sunday’s game. While his effort was solid, Mads Hermansen was saved when Palmer lost the first penalty of his senior career.
Palmer was replaced in the second half, a rare view inside the Stamford bridge – and Maresca revealed after the match that the England International was barely enough to play in the first place.
“It’s very easy: Cole, yesterday, did not train and at night it was not well felt,” Maresca explained after the game. “The reason he did not train yesterday is because he did not feel good.
“This morning, he woke up and asked,” I want to be on the pitch because I want to help this team, this club to play Champions league‘.
“So in the last two days, I was completely outside. Fever, it is something I can say in English? Diarrhea. In the last 48 hours, he did not train with the fever and this bad feeling. This morning, he asked to play the game and this shows how these players want to bring the club to where he belongs.”
Maresca confirmed that Palmer’s disease was behind his replacement and his decision to go directly to the tunnel, before the midfielder returned to the bench.
Palmer now closes two months without a goal, while his last attendance arrived until December. Undoubtedly, you want to end the two stripes ChelseaThe next two Premier League matches, with rivals in London Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur Both in the calendar.
