- Cole Palmer’s final objective got here in a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth again in January
- He shall be hopeful of ending the drought when Chelsea host Everton on Saturday
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Enzo Maresca says Cole Palmer’s 16-game scoring hunch shouldn’t be his fault, with Chelsea’s head coach insisting it’s a ‘psychological’ challenge relatively than something ‘tactical’ or ‘technical’.
Maresca highlighted the significance of qualifying for the Champions League in his Everton preview, admitting it’s going to decide how a lot they will spend on this summer season’s window.
Saturday is seen as a must-win match with Palmer seeking to lastly discover the objective once more, with the 22-year-old scoring 4 instances on this very fixture final season when Chelsea received 6-0 at Stamford Bridge underneath Mauricio Pochettino.
Maresca recommended on Friday that the issue is all in Palmer’s head as he stated: ‘For certain, it’s psychological. I do not suppose it is tactical, I do not suppose it is technical, as a result of Cole remains to be the identical participant that scored this season with us – 14 objectives within the Premier League in 20 video games. Cole is similar one.
‘The model of soccer we play is similar one. The supervisor is similar one. The membership is similar one. So nothing adjustments round Cole and Cole would not change. It’s simply mentally on this second.
‘We strive all the time to arrange our sport to place our greatest participant in a situation to be harmful. Now we have accomplished since we began. We’re doing that each sport.
Enzo Maresca says Cole Palmers hunch is a ‘psychological’ challenge relatively than something ‘tactical’
Palmer has not scored a objective since Chelsea’s 2-2 draw in opposition to Bournemouth in January
‘In case you return sport by sport, he had not less than each sport one or two possibilities. It is not about how the staff is taking part in. Once more, it is the identical one. If you wish to see it because the staff taking part in a distinct means, you’ve got seen it that means, however the actuality shouldn’t be that.
‘The fact is that Cole is similar, the model of play is similar, the supervisor is similar, the membership is similar. It is simply soccer that, on this second, he’s lacking the objective. Not more than that.’
In addition to Palmer, Nicolas Jackson has gone 13 video games and not using a objective. Maresca was requested if Chelsea securing Champions League could have a giant affect on switch targets this summer season and he stated: ‘Completely, sure.’
