{"id":301090,"date":"2023-12-20T19:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=301090"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:24:57","slug":"cole-palmer-correctly-predicts-the-direction-of-matt-ritchies-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/cole-palmer-correctly-predicts-the-direction-of-matt-ritchies-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Palmer correctly predicts the direction of Matt Ritchie's penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cole Palmer has been hailed by Chelsea supporters for telling goalkeeper\u00a0Djordje Petrovic where Newcastle’s Matt Ritchie was going to hit his penalty in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final clash.<\/p>\n
The Blues advanced to the League Cup semi-final following a 4-3 penalty shootout victory that resulted in Ritchie missing his crucial spot-kick at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
Petrovic dived to his left to stop the Magpies midfielder from 12-yards and a video has now shown Palmer giving advice to his goalkeeper as Ritchie waited to strike.<\/p>\n
The England international made the brave decision to leave Manchester City for Chelsea in the summer after winning the Treble last season.<\/p>\n
He has since starred for the Blues and become an integral part of Pochettino’s set-up despite the Argentinian boss struggling to correct Chelsea’s inconsistencies this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Cole Palmer has been hailed by Chelsea supporters for his penalty shootout advice against Newcastle on Tuesday<\/p>\n
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Chelsea advanced to the Carabao Cup semi-finals as\u00a0Djordje Petrovic saved Matt Ritchie’s penalty<\/p>\n
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Palmer was again influential against Newcastle as Chelsea eliminated last season’s Carabao Cup finalists and scored the first of his side’s penalties in the shootout.<\/p>\n
However, perhaps his most important intervention came when he pointed to the direction that Ritchie was going to send his penalty.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, Petrovic trusted his team-mate’s intuition and made a strong save to win the shootout and send Chelsea to the final four.<\/p>\n
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Palmer tells\u00a0Petrovic what direction Ritchie is going to hit his penalty in during the shootout<\/p>\n
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Palmer was hailed for his intervention by Chelsea supporters celebrating their side’s progression in the Carabao Cup that is their most realistic chance of silverware this season.<\/p>\n
One Chelsea fan stated online: ‘Manchester city lost a gem. Perhaps, a compensation for De Bruyne. He’s so confident.’<\/p>\n
It’s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, with a show every Monday and Thursday this season.<\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n Another hilariously added: ‘Maybe he did that to others but was wrong the other times.’<\/p>\n A third Chelsea supporter commented: ‘He knew that’s the position most lefties will play it .. elite mentality’.\u00a0<\/p>\n