So, Cole Palmer. How are your nerves? The question came in stoppage time, towards the end of a breathless advert for the global pull of the Premier League. Manchester City led 4-3 but now the player that they sold to Chelsea in August stood over a penalty.
Palmer is a City fan from the cradle. He joined their academy at the age of eight. He had started the season with goals for the club in the Community Shield and the European Super Cup. Now it fell to him to derail the momentum they had built over a five-game winning sequence; to fire Chelsea’s season some more after last Monday’s win at Tottenham.
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