Jamie Carragher hails Chelsea star for ‘one of the best passes in Premier League history’

Jamie Carragher believes Cole Palmer played 1 of the champion passes successful Premier League past to assistance make Chelsea’s opening extremity against Newcastle United connected Sunday.

Palmer thought helium had opened the scoring successful the archetypal fractional astatine Stamford Bridge earlier VAR intervened to regularisation the Chelsea midfielder offside.

The 22-year-old past played a superb 60-yard shot to merchandise Pedro Neto down Chelsea’s near flank and the Portuguese winger raced towards extremity earlier providing a debased transverse for Nicolas Jackson to finish.

Newcastle equalised earlier the interruption done Alexander Isak but during his half-time investigation for Sky Sports, Carragher was blown distant by Palmer’s game-changing pass.

‘This walk implicit 60 yards… I mean, that’s 1 of the champion passes I’ve seen, ne'er caput this season, but successful the Premier League,’ Carragher said.

‘Taking 2 oregon 3 Newcastle players retired and past conscionable connected a sheet for Neto, and Jackson successful the close place.’

Meanwhile, Roy Keane feels Palmer is 1 of ‘very few’ Premier League players who person specified precocious consciousness connected the pitch.

‘Absolutely brilliant, I emotion watching this kid,’ Keane said.

‘Even his consciousness erstwhile helium receives the ball, helium knows precisely what’s happening but the to execute the pass.

‘From Palmer’s pass, helium knows the abstraction is successful behind. He knows precisely what’s happening, [Gianfranco] Zola mentioned it earlier the game, erstwhile helium gets it helium knows what’s going connected astir him, precise fewer players person that.

‘Perfect pass, you conscionable tally and he’s going to prime you out.’

Palmer restored Chelsea’s pb successful the 2nd fractional to unafraid a 2-1 triumph for Enzo Maresca’s side.

The triumph astatine Stamford Bridge puts Chelsea 4th successful the Premier League array with 17 points from 9 games.

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