Enzo Maresca revealed that Cole Palmer had started a straight down tunnel after being replaced by a 1-0 victory over Leicester City because he played through the disease.
Blues’s talisman tolerates a rare dry magic in front of a goal and failed to take the golden opportunity to finish his fall when he stepped up to take a sentence in First half of Sunday games. Although his effort was solid, he was saved by Mads Hermansen because Palmer missed the first penalty of his older career.
Palmer was then replaced in the second half – a rare scene inside the Stamford Bridge – and Mareca revealed after the game that England International was barely ready to play.
“It’s very easy: Cole is yesterday, he didn’t train and he didn’t feel good during the night,” Maresca explained after the match. “The reason why he didn’t train yesterday was that he didn’t feel good.
“He woke up this morning and asked me,” I want to be on the field because I want to help this team, this club to play Champions League»
“So, in the last two days he has been completely out. Fever, is that something I can say in English? Diarrhea. In the last 48 hours he has not trained with fever and that bad feeling. He asked this morning to play the game and shows that these players want to bring the club where it belongs.”
Maresca continued to confirm that Palmer’s illness was behind his replacement and his decision to go straight down the tunnel, before the midfielder eventually returned to the bench.
Palmer is now closing in two months without a goal, while his last assists arrived in December. Undoubtedly will be willing to finish both stripes ChelseaNext two Premier League games, with London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both on the calendar.
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