Chelsea stars sent Cole Palmer message amid winless run

Chelsea person slipped retired of the apical 4 aft a mediocre tally of results - and Emmanuel Petit has urged Enzo Maresca's men to springiness Cole Palmer a helping hand

Chelsea's misfiring stars request to travel the pb of 'talisman' Cole Palmer and basal up and beryllium counted.

That’s according to erstwhile Blues midfielder Emmanuel Petit, who has seen his aged nine autumn retired of the Premier League rubric contention aft a five-game winless streak. Palmer, 22, took his extremity tally for the play to 14 in the midweek gully with Bournemouth.

Palmer is an wounded doubt arsenic Enzo Maresca’s men look to get their top-four bid backmost connected way erstwhile they instrumentality connected Wolves Monday night. Premier League victor Petit, who spent 3 seasons astatine Stamford Bridge, says Chelsea players request to springiness Palmer a manus and enarthrosis immoderate of the burden.

He said: “Top clubs ever person 1 oregon 2 players that they number connected much than the rest. You request precise bully players, and connected apical of that you request peculiar players that tin alteration a situation, that tin marque a large impact, that tin instrumentality the determination connected the pitch. Cole Palmer is 1 of them.

“He should beryllium an illustration for the remainder of his teammates successful the dressing room. They person to travel his lead. They person to travel the mode helium takes work successful games.

“Some players person improved a batch since past season, Moises Caicedo for example. This has to beryllium the reflection of what Cole Palmer is doing connected the pitch. This is wherefore helium is truthful important for the club, due to the fact that he's the talisman of this team. He's young arsenic well, he's got immense ambition, idiosyncratic ambition, that is thing that a manager needs successful a dressing room.”

Stuttering Chelsea person endured a nightmare tally of Premier League results, taking conscionable 3 points from a imaginable 15, and look a resurgent Wolves broadside astatine the Bridge.

But Petit believes the Blues volition apprehension their descent down the array and unafraid a Champions League spot astatine the extremity of the season.

Petit added: “There are galore reasons wherefore Chelsea struggled implicit the past month, they dropped a batch of points. That tin beryllium explained by a deficiency of vigor and a deficiency of consistency of immoderate players, but they are a young squad competing astatine the highest level.

“I'm precise blessed with what Maresca and Chelsea are doing. I'm assured they volition decorativeness successful the apical four.”

Emmanuel Petit was speaking connected behalf of Casino Utan Spelpaus.

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